Disagreements Persist Over Georgian Territories

Photo: Georgia's interior ministry servicemen inspect the site of an explosion at a railway station in Zugdidi June 11, 2009. Reuters

From The Wall Street Journal:

Disagreements between Moscow and the West over the status of two Georgian territories Russia has controlled since winning a brief war last year are threatening to force the withdrawal of international observer missions there.

Negotiations this week in New York aimed at agreeing on terms to renew the mandate for United Nations monitors in one of the territories, Abkhazia, failed to break the deadlock, according to an official familiar with the process.

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My Comment: Russia has laid the groundwork for a low intensity conflict in this region for the next few decades.

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