Wednesday, October 28, 2026

'We'll reunite breakaway regions through negotiations'

Irakli Alasania led negotiations with Abkhazia early in Saakashvili's presidency. Now an opposition politician, he says there will be a new effort if the opposition wins in October. (Photo: Mari Nikuradze.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The main opposition bloc in Georgia says if it wins October’s election, it will get back the breakaway republics Abkhazia and South Ossetia through negotiations, with Germany as mediator.

Irakli Alasania, an ex-diplomat and opposition politician who

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Breakdown in talks between Georgia and breakaway region

The head of the EU observers in Georgia is a persona non grata in Abkhazia. The breakaway region’s leadership thinks he should have investigated an alleged build-up of paramilitaries in Western Georgia. (Illustration photo. EU.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The de facto foreign ministry of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia has declared the head of the EU observers a persona non grata.

As a consequence, the ministry canceled the 36th planned meeting of the incident prevention mechanisms on Tuesday.

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