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Frid says refugees should return to Abkhazia under peace plan
TBILISI, July 24 (Itar-Tass) - Daniel Frid, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia, said in Brussels on Wednesday that all refugees should return to Abkhazia under the recently proposed German road map for a peace settlement in the breakaway province.
Frid said in an interview with the Tbilisi-based television company Rustavi-2 that the United Nations had many times stressed the need for all refugees to return to Abkhazia. The issue is a vital part of the German-proposed peace plan for Abkhazia.
Frid said the United States maintained contacts with European, Russian and Georgian colleagues and praised Germany for its peace efforts.
Germany's road map provides for a step-by-step settlement of theAbkhazian conflict. Security issues are in the forefront. The second stage provides for a return of all refugees and the region's economic revival, the third stage will deal with the definition of Abkhazia's status within Georgia.
Daniel Frid said he didn't believe that Russia could launch military hostilities against Georgia and there were no grounds for panic and fear.
Frid called for continued peace efforts within the framework ofGeorgia's internationally recognized borders.
He said the fact the authorities in Sukhumi had rejected the German plan of peace settlement for Abkhazia shouldn't be a source for disappointment, adding the peace settlement process should continue patiently and persistently. Frid said there was no alternative tonegotiations and a peace settlement.
Daniel Frid thinks that Europe, Russia and Georgia should work out a common approach to the peace settlement within the framework of Georgia's internationally recognized borders.
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia said that Georgia's proposal on replacing the Collective Peace Keeping Force (staffed with Russian units) in the area of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict by an international police force would be considered.
Frid said in an interview with the Tbilisi-based television company Rustavi-2 that the United Nations had many times stressed the need for all refugees to return to Abkhazia. The issue is a vital part of the German-proposed peace plan for Abkhazia.
Frid said the United States maintained contacts with European, Russian and Georgian colleagues and praised Germany for its peace efforts.
Germany's road map provides for a step-by-step settlement of theAbkhazian conflict. Security issues are in the forefront. The second stage provides for a return of all refugees and the region's economic revival, the third stage will deal with the definition of Abkhazia's status within Georgia.
Daniel Frid said he didn't believe that Russia could launch military hostilities against Georgia and there were no grounds for panic and fear.
Frid called for continued peace efforts within the framework ofGeorgia's internationally recognized borders.
He said the fact the authorities in Sukhumi had rejected the German plan of peace settlement for Abkhazia shouldn't be a source for disappointment, adding the peace settlement process should continue patiently and persistently. Frid said there was no alternative tonegotiations and a peace settlement.
Daniel Frid thinks that Europe, Russia and Georgia should work out a common approach to the peace settlement within the framework of Georgia's internationally recognized borders.
The U.S. Deputy Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia said that Georgia's proposal on replacing the Collective Peace Keeping Force (staffed with Russian units) in the area of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict by an international police force would be considered.
