Abkhazia: Kosovo’s UDI accelerated our independence
The decision on Kosovo has accelerated the process of the South Ossetia and Abkhazia independence and strengthened awareness that their aspirations would be realized, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told a press conference in the capital of Sukhumi
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, September 03, 2008
Bagapsh said that the recognition process, as in the case of other conflicts, is not universal and cannot be measured by the same criteria.
"The main issue is why some are allowed to do everything, and others can do nothing. Ultimately, Kosovo is the heart of Serbia and they have cut it out. This was possible to do without a decision by the UN Security Council and the permanent members, because an influential boss appeared and he was the one to make the decision," Bagapsh underscored.
"Until someone else appears - and he has already appeared - who will also not count on recommendations by the UN, and until the United States , Russia and until other countries reach a consensus, this will continue," he said.
Bagapsh added that while 55,000 Georgians have returned to the two regions, the Serbs have not returned to Kosovo "only in miserable numbers".
In Tshkinvali, South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity said it was not fair to compare South Ossetia to Kosovo.
"South Ossetians have far more right to a state of their own than Kosovo Albanians", he said.
