SUKHUIMI. July 27 (Interfax) - Not all members of Abkhazia's delegation will attend the 12th round of the Geneva discussions, the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry told Interfax.
The 12th round will be joined by Deputy Defense Minister Garry Kupalba and presidential advisor in international affairs Nadir Bitiyev, the ministry said.
"Abkhazia has responded to the co-chairmen's request and will resume its attendance of the Geneva consultations on security in the Transcaucasus. But it has lowered the level of representation, sending members, not the heads of the working groups, to Geneva," presidential envoy Vyacheslav Chirikba told the media.
"This means that our participation in the discussions will be technical, not full-scale. We responded to the co-chairmen's request, demonstrating good will," he said.
Abkhazia announced it was suspending participation in the discussions after the co-chairmen, representing the UN, the European Union and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, failed to submit a mutually acceptable draft agreement on peace and non- resumption of hostilities at the 11th round.
"Our opinion has been disregarded all along. We were given Georgian texts, which we cannot accept, all of which led to an impasse in the discussions. We won't take part in the discussions on a full-scale basis unless we see a neutral document, suiting all the parties," Chirikba said.