Azerbaijan says will not recognize two Georgian rebel regions
BAKU – Abkhazia and South Ossetia have never been the subject of a trade between Russia and Azerbaijan under the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict resolution, Azerbaijani Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov said in an interview with the Echo Moskvy radio station.
He assured that Russian representatives have never hinted at the possibility of such an exchange.
Azimov said Azerbaijan does not intend to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Military actions were launched in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia in August 2008. Georgian troops entered Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, and later Russian troops occupied the city and drove the Georgian military back to Georgia. Russia recognized the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia on Aug. 26 and established diplomatic relations with these regions on Sept. 9, 2008.