Clinton'ın Rusya'ya 'Gürcistan'da işgali sona erdir' çağrısına Abhazya'dan tepki

Abkhazia reacted furiously on Friday to a statement by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

"We continue to call on Russia to end its occupation of Georgian territory, withdraw its forces and abide by its other commitments under the 2008 cease-fire agreements," Clinton said on Wednesday.

Clinton also called this summer for Russia to pull out of the two republics.

An Abkhazian Foreign Ministry statement said the Russian troops "ensure the non-resumption of hostilities by Georgia, which is hatching plans for another military invasion of Abkhazia."

It also asked the state secretary to clarify her use of the term "occupation of Georgian territory."

Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states two weeks after a five-day war with Georgia in August 2008, which began when Georgian forces attacked South Ossetia in an attempt to bring it back under central control.

Since then, Russia has deployed thousands of troops and border guards to the two regions, which Georgia considers part of its sovereign territory.

Faruk Akkan, Moskova, Cihan