Abkhazia's
de facto leader, Sergey Bagapsh, said yesterday that the Abkhaz
and Georgian people can never live together in one state. If Georgia
regains Abkhazia, do you think that people who were once neighbors
could again live side-by-side without more violence? Will it be
possible to get back Abkhazia through a purely political solution?
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While Georgian rallied on the steps of parliament to commemorate
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