Friday, September 18, 2026

Field meeting in Abkhazia breaks down again

For a second time, a field meeting across borderlines in the conflict region Abkhazia has broken down before it started. (IPN.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – Again, a field meeting meant to defuse tension in the conflict region Abkhazia has broken down before it even started.

The meeting should have been held June 27, and was to have brought together operative leaders from the warring parties of 2008

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Uncertain stalemate between EU and Abkhazia

Tyszkiewicz (center) during an incident prevention meeting in Dvani, South Ossetia, December 21, 2011, flanked by South Ossetian negotiator Merab Chigoev (left), and Georgian negotiator, Shota Utiashvili (right), who is head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs' Analysis Department. (EUMM.)

TBILISI, DFWatch – The crisis in the EU’s dealings with a disputed region that broke away from Georgia and is heavily militarized by Russia continues as neither side is willing to give in.

Abkhazia said before the weekend that it is not going to change its position. The

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