Georgian-Abkhaz conflict could have been avoided or resolved long ago | Paata Zakareishvili

This interview featuring Badri Belkania and conflict studies specialist Paata Zakareishvili provides a broad overview of Georgian-Abkhazian negotiations.

It covers all the important details of the long-term process — a missed chance to avoid war, the visits of the Abkhaz ex-president Vladislav Ardzinba and ex-premier Sergei Shamba to Tbilisi, and the visit of Georgian delegations to Sukhumi.

0:00 "we could have avoided the war"
08:22 Ardzinba's visit to Tbilisi
13:59 declaration of independence
14:33 Rose revolution
15:42 Shamba's visit to Tbilisi - document "Key to the Future"
21:33 the impact of the August war on the conflict
24:08 change of government in Georgia
26:50 how to get out of the impasse?
30:38 concrete possible steps
35:13 "Georgians and Abkhaz face the same threat"
38:00 are we repeating the mistakes of the past?

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