Viacheslav Chirikba: Visit of President of Abkhazia to Turkey, where many thousands of Abkhaz diaspora live, may affect positively the issues of repatriation

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SUKHUM -- The trip of President of Abkhazia in Turkey, where many thousands of Abkhaz diaspora live, is important and can affect a positive solution of a number of issues of repatriation, said in an interview with the Apsnypress correspondent the political scientist and expert on the Caucasian issues Viacheslav Chirikba.

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President Sergey Bagapsh visits Turkey

  • Diaspora
Sergey Bagapsh in Turkey

ANKARA -- President Sergey Bagapsh has started a four-day visit to Turkey to meet with the Abkhazian diaspora and to discuss economic relations. At the residence where the Abkhazian delegation are staying there has  taken place the first meeting between the President and representatives of the diaspora. The latter warmly welcomed the head of the Abkhazian state.

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Turkey-Abkhazia Relations post-Abkhaz Elections

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Hasan Kanbolat, Director of ORSAM

Sergei Bagapsh won again in the Dec. 12 presidential elections held in Abkhazia, which has declared a one-sided (de facto) independence from Georgia. While Bagapsh was the president of a state considered “de facto” independent, he is now the president of a state considered “de jure” since the August 2008 war. 

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Abhazia hopes swift recognition from Turkey

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DÖNDÜ SARIIŞIK, ANKARA - Hürriyet Daily News

Turkish foreign policy’s dilemma on the Georgia-Abkhazia conflict is rising to the surface once more. ‘We certainly hope that Turkey will recognize Abkhazia. There are some positive signals," Abkhazian Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba said following his talks with high-ranked Turkish diplomat Ünal Çeviköz.

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Abkhazia’s Diaspora: Dreaming of Home

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Elizabeth Owen - EurasiaNet

High atop a mountain chain in western Turkey stands Mezit village, a hamlet founded in the 19th century by Abkhaz rebels on the run from Tsarist Russian troops. More than 130 years later, Mezit’s Abkhaz residents now have one goal -- to return to Abkhazia, where Russian troops are now a welcome presence.

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