Sukhum/Agency Caucasus – The armed forces of Abkhazia hoisted the Abkhaz flag in the village of Ajara after they launched a military operation to take over the control of Upper Kodor, a region of the Kodor Gorge that Georgia had kept under its occupation.
Abkhaz President Sergei Shamba said that his armed forces have launched a new onslaught against Georgian troops in Kodor this morning. Georgian emplacements came under heavy bombardment from the Abkhaz forces, added Shamba. The Abkhaz forces afterwards managed to take over the control of Ajara, Abkhaz sources said.
