On 7 August 2007, the Georgian side accused Russia of violating Georgia's airspace and firing an air-to-ground missile in the area of the Georgian radar situated in the Georgia-Ossetia conflict zone and staged a noisy anti-Russian campaign in the international arena. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia and the Russian Air Force General Headquarters refuted the accusation. Russian experts who visited Tbilisi on 16-17 August 2007 concluded that what was involved was a blunt anti-Russia provocation. The so-called "material evidence" presented to our experts turned out to be parts of different missiles. The Georgian side refused to continue a joint investigation.
On 4 March 2008, the Parliament of South Ossetia addressed the UN Secretary-General, the President of Russia, as well as the EU and CIS heads of States with a request to recognize the Republic’s independence.
5) The situation around the settlement of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict followed a similar scenario. On 14 May 1994, the Agreement on the Ceasefire and Separation of Forces was signed in Moscow between the Georgian and Abkhaz sides with Russian mediation. Starting from June 1994, the CIS Collective Peacekeeping Forces (CIS CPF) were deployed in the conflict zone on the basis of this document and the subsequent decision of the Council of the CIS Heads of States. The UN Security Council established the UN Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG).
In 1994, the Group of Friends of the UN Secretary-General for Georgia (GFG) with the participation of Russia, United Kingdom, Germany, France and the USA was established. Russia also received the status of facilitator in the UN SC resolution.
On 19 January 1996, the Council of the CIS Heads of States adopted a decision on Measures for the Settlement of the Conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, that imposed restrictions regarding official trade and economic, financial, transport and other operations with Abkhazia.
On 6-7 March 2003, a meeting was held in Sochi between Vladimir V. Putin, President of Russia, and Eduard A. Shevarnadze, President of Georgia, with the participation of the Abkhaz side. It was decided to set up three working groups with the participation of Russia, Georgia and Abkhazia: 1) on the return of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) to the Gali region; 2) on the renewal of direct Sochi-Sukhum-Tbilisi railway communication; 3) on upgrading of the Inguri hydroelectric facilities.
Yet the on-going work on these tracks was disrupted after Mikheil N. Saakashvili came to power in Georgia.
In 2004-2005, Georgian coast-guard boats seized or shot at Turkish freight vessels en route to Abkhazia on several occasions. In that context, Sukhum suspended its participation in the negotiations process.
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