Russia Has No Say On Georgia's Breakaway Regions

RIA Novosti reports: The issue of Georgia's breakaway republics should be decided by Tbilisi together with the international community, not by Russia, the speaker of the Georgian parliament said Tuesday, after the popular Russian daily Kommersant reported earlier that Russia has worked out a plan on the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

According to the plan, Abkhazia and South Ossetia will reunite with Georgia as a confederation. They will formally be part of Georgia, but will enjoy de-facto independence recognized by the international community.
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