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Aggression on Georgia 2008 Russia tighten cooperation with Abkhazia
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| Written by smoc | |||
| Friday, 04 December 2009 10:53 | |||
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Russia
recognized pro-Western Georgia's rebel regions of Abkhazia and South
Ossetia, which rely heavily on it for economic and military backing, as
independent after crushing a Georgian assault on South Ossetia last
year. Abkhazia began using Russia's +7 dialing code on Sunday.
The old codes will work until Jan 1. Then they will be turned off and people will use the new codes of independent Abkhazia," Nadir Bitiev, a senior aide to Abkhaz leader Sergei Bagapsh, told Reuters. Russia said last month it would grant Abkhazia use of its +7 prefix and would continue to lobby for a unique Abkhaz country code. The move drew a furious reaction from Georgia. The Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Monday it had sent a protest note to Russia via the Swiss embassy and had informed the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). "Russia does not regard Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, but as provinces of Russia," said Paata Davitaia, deputy speaker of the Georgian parliament. ITU rules state that non-U.N. member states need the approval of two-thirds of ITU members to join the Union. Only Nicaragua and Venezuela have followed Russia in recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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Georgia's
breakaway Abkhazia region, recognized as an independent state by
Russia, has cut another of its ties with Georgia by adopting Russia's
international dialing code.While worrisome, it represents a reversal of the Soviet/Russian "no first strike" policy adopted in the 1980s,
but it should be noted that this new policy will not will be
effectively identical to that of the US, which has repudiated calls for
it to take a "no first strike" policies since the 1980s. |
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