One Pacific Nation’s Turmoil Leaves Abkhazia in Limbo

Confusion over Abkhazia’s ties with Vanuatu reached new heights Monday when reports from the Pacific island nation said a new government had withdrawn an earlier recognition of the breakaway Georgian republic’s independence. Edward Natapei, who was declared Vanuatu’s acting prime minister last week, issued a statement saying Abkhazia was an “autonomous province of the republic of Georgia,” the Vanuatu Daily Post reported Monday. Natapei […]