TBILISI: Secessionist Conflicts Discussed At G8 Ministerial

SECESSIONIST CONFLICTS DISCUSSED AT G8 MINISTERIAL

Civil Georgia, Georgia
June 29 2006

After discussing global and regional issues of top priorities, Foreign
Ministers from the G8 member states discussed Abkhaz, South Ossetian
and Transdnestrian conflicts at the summit in Moscow on June 29, the
Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued after the meeting.

After listing issues put into the agenda of the session (Iran; fight
against terrorism and drug trafficking; Middle East; western Balkans;
Korean peninsula; boosting efforts for maintaining peace in Africa;
cooperating in stabilization and rehabilitation; Iraq; Afghanistan;
Sudan; Nagorno-Karabakh settlement process; North Uganda; Haiti; East
Timor) the statement notes that "discussions also took place in regard
of situation in Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Transdnestria and Belarus,
which were pushed by some Ministers."