Digest: Breakaway region asks Russia to recognize independence
(CNN) – One of Georgia’s breakaway regions has asked Russia to recognize independence, according to a report by the Russian news agency Interfax.
Lawmakers in Abkhazia approved the request from President Sergei Bagapsh, Interfax reported. The president also called for a friendship and mutual assistance treaty, which would call for maintaining Russian peacekeepers in the region — located in western Georgia.
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