The Foreign Ministry of the unrecognized Republic of Abkhazia released a statement on December 29 appealing to the UN and Russia to condemn the killing several days earlier, which it blamed on Georgian guerrillas, of three Abkhaz police officials in Abkhazia\'s southernmost Gali Raion. Also on December 29, Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh told journalists in Sukhum that Georgia was moving its armed forces towards the border with Abkhazia and might attempt over the New Year holiday to seize the Inguri hydroelectric power station in Gali. He said additional troops have been deployed to protect that facility. Bagapsh also reaffirmed that Abkhazia will not resume talks with Georgia until the Georgian forces deployed last summer to the upper reaches of the Kodori Gorge are withdrawn. In Tbilisi, Georgian Minister for Conflict Resolution Merab Antadze said on December 29 that Abkhaz warnings of possible Georgian aggression are unfounded and intended to mislead the international community. He said the tensions in Gali are easing following the release of several dozen Georgians temporarily detained by Abkhaz police following the killings of the three police officers. (Itar-Tass)