SUKHUMI. April 6 (Interfax-AVN) - Abkhaz President Sergei Bagapsh and South Ossetian President Eduard Kokoity have discussed cooperation in the event of an external threat.
The presidents of the two breakaway republics met on Tuesday to discuss the current stage in the talks between Abkhazia, Georgia and South Ossetia, Bagapsh's' press service announced on Wednesday.
Special emphasis was laid on the two republics' defense and security, and mechanisms of cooperation in the event of an external threat, the press service said.
Bagapsh and Kokoity also discussed economic cooperation.
Abkhazia and South Ossetia are legally provinces of Georgia, but a conflict in the 1990s led to their de-facto independence. Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has urged Abkhazia and South Ossetia to restore state ties with Georgia. But the two republics have rejected the Georgian president's proposal.