06 April 2007, 22:05
Head of Abkhazian MFA: UN Security Council supports Georgia
Sergey Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, considers his ban to take part in the session of the UN Security Council as an evidence of the Councils biased position, since the Security Council has ignored the right of one of the parties in the conflict to be listened to. Sergey Shamba has explained the situation today to the correspondent of the "Caucasian Knot." He reminded that under the negotiation format, the parties in the conflict are Abkhazia and Georgia, and just these parties should hold settlement negotiations under the UN aegis.
"Russia has the right, by being proactive, to insist that we should be listened to by the Security Council, since Russia is a crucial and key figure to contribute to the negotiation process. Along with the UN, Russia is responsible for the peaceful process," Mr. Shamba said. As to the United States of America, in Minister Shamba's words, "they are just rank-and-file members of the Group of Georgia's Friends of the UN Secretary General."
Author: Anzhela Kuchuberiya, CK correspondent
