Tbilisi/Agency Caucasus – The Georgian administration tends to develop a linguistic code of wartime rhetoric against a possible retaliatory Russian move to recognize both Abkhazia and
South Ossetia in case Kosovo gets recognized by the Western countries.
Givi Targamadze, President of the Georgian Parliament’s Commission on Defense and Security, said that a possible recognition by Russia of Abkhazia as an independent state would be considered on the part of to be an announcement of war. Targamadze further said in his address in Parliament that the recognition of Abkhazia would make it easier for Russian President Vladimir Putin to take control of Abkhazia. "The Georgian administration will consider it to be an act of war if recognizes Abkhazia. Anything that happens to do in the region will get responded to."
This sort of forceful assertion of power came from the Georgian administration after as many as 200 Russian armed troops entered Abkhazia.
Matthew Bryza, a Senior Official of the United States Department of State, voice concern on behalf of his country about calls on to recognize Abkhazia. Bryza actually implied criticism of a call from Moscow Mayor Yuri Lujkov to recognize Abkhazia when he said that statements about the need to recognize Abkhazia would not be considered acceptable, because they were likely to cause damage. Bryza was ordered by the American administration to arrive in
Bryza further said that he would not be able to confirm that Russian armed troops entered Abkhazia; however, he said that the Russian administration was notified of the American expectations from . Bryza also stressed the need on the part of to do its best in an attempt to preserve the territorial integrity of , but he nevertheless accused the Russian administration of using the current situation of to its own advantage. (Agency
