Georgia seeking UN Security Council session to address Russian-Abkhaz treaty
TBILISI. Nov 27 (Interfax) - Georgia has started consultations with the permanent UN Security Council members on holding a Security Council meeting to address a treaty on allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia, Georgian Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili told journalists on Thursday.
"This is a working process that needs to ensure the achievement of our objective, the convention of a Security Council session. We should be accustomed to the fact that this is a process, and there are no recipes and sudden results in this area. This is a matter of serious daily efforts. The entire Georgian diplomatic service is working and will be working," Beruchashvili said.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry started consultations with the permanent UN Security Council members on November 24, Beruchashvili said, adding that she was sure that Georgian diplomats would do everything effectively.
Georgian State Minister for Integration with European and Euro-Atlantic Organizations David Bakradze told journalists on November 26 that Tbilisi demanded the convention of a UN Security Council session in light of the signature of a treaty on allied relations and strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia.
Following a meeting with U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland, Bakradze said the Russian-Abkhaz treaty was among the principal subjects of their negotiations. The U.S. support on the matter in the international arena is important to Georgia, he said.
The minister said a decision on convening a UN Security Council session had not yet been made.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry earlier described the treaty as "a step toward the region's annexation."