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Unpredictable Results in Kodori Gorge
Deputy chief commander of the Russian infantry forces Lieut. Gen. Valery Evnevich warned on Tuesday that the outcome of troop movements in Kodori Gorge in Abkhazia is unpredictable. He said that a column of Georgian forces is now located near Khobi Pass but cannot proceed because the road was washed out by rains.
The Russian Foreign Ministry has issued a statement saying that “This is a matter of a serious breach of the 1994 Moscow Agreement on a ceasefire and separation of the parties. That district directly borders on Russian territory and events there [in Kodori Gorge] touch on Russian security.” Georgia began its military actions against Abkhazia in the early 1990s from Kodori Gorge.
The Russian Foreign Ministry noted that Georgia also failed to inform the UN observer mission in Abkhazia of its actions and that it advanced 30 KamAZ truck, 18 Niva off-road vehicles and 4 UAZ trucks through the peacekeepers' post No. 302 in spite of efforts to stop the column.
Moscow is “carefully following events unfolding in Kodori Gorge, in the Russian border zone and in Abkhazia and calls on the Georgian side to abstain from armed actions that could provoke a new conflict in the region,” the Russian Foreign Ministry statement concludes.
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