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Georgia
Severs
Diplomatic Ties With
Nicaragua
Moscow - The foreign ministry
of Georgia on Saturday
announced to break off
diplomatic relations
with Nicaragua in
protest against its
recognition of the
independence of South
Ossetia and Abkhazia,
two breakaway Georgian
regions, the Caucasus
Press news agency said.
The decision was taken
in view of Nicaragua's
recognition of the
independence of Abkhazia
and South Ossetia on
Sept. 2, the Georgian
Foreign Ministry said in
a statement.
"The Georgian leadership
has decided to suspend
the effect of a protocol
on establishing
diplomatic relations
with the Republic of
Nicaragua signed on
Sept. 19, 1994," the
ministry was quoted by
Interfax as saying.
The ministry has handed
over a relevant note to
the Nicaraguan mission
at the United Nations.
South Ossetia and
Abkhazia, Georgia's
autonomous prefecture
and autonomous republic
respectively, broke from
central Georgian rule in
the early 1990s
following the collapse
of the former Soviet
Union.
Nicaragua was the second
country after Russia to
recognize Abkhazia and
South Ossetia as
independent states
following a brief war
between Russia and
Georgia in August.
Moscow recognized the
two regions as
independent states on
Aug.26.
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