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New Government of Georgia committed to peaceful resolution of conflict in Abkhazia, Prime Minister tells Security Council.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-30 April 2004-UN: New Government of Georgia committed to peaceful resolution of conflict in Abkhazia, Prime Minister tells Security Council(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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The new Government in Georgia was committed to serious reforms and to the peaceful resolution of the conflict in Abkhazia, its Prime Minister, Zurab Zhvania, told the Security Council this morning.

Briefing the Council on the latest developments in Georgia and the situation in Abkhazia, Georgia, the Prime Minister recalled that just a few months ago a new President and Parliament had been elected. The Government had disarmed and neutralized the illegal armed factions, which had no connection either to the Government or internally displaced persons. The Government had also detained several criminal groups operating in western Georgia, especially in areas adjacent to Abkhazia, which had been involved in kidnappings and abductions, and were connected to the kidnapping of personnel of the United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).

Noting that the relationship between his country and the Russian Federation had been strained over the Abkhazia issue, he said the situation today was qualitatively different and that "unprecedented steps" had been taken to improve the relations between the two States, with instantaneous results in a number of areas. However, there were still serious problems regarding the conflict in Abkhazia, whose solution lay in the good will of everyone, including the Russian authorities.

He was expecting active steps from the Russian Federation to reach a fair, just and comprehensive resolution of the conflict. The problem of separatism was as painful for Georgia as it was for Russia. Separatism, ethnic cleansing and terrorism were evils that everyone, collectively, had to combat. He reiterated that the main goal of Georgia's new...

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