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Russian peacekeepers guarantee stability in Abkhazia and South Ossetia, according to the leaders of the two breakaway Georgian provinces. \"We value Russia\'s peacekeeping mission in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone highly. Russian peacekeepers are guarantors of the stability of the situation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone, and their withdrawal could only lead to a deterioration in the situation,\" Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told Interfax on Friday.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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