Tbilisi Says Retains Control over Kodori Despite Attacks

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Both the Georgian and Abkhaz sides confirm fight ongoing for upper Kodori Gorge.

Georgian forces maintain their positions in the upper Kodori Gorge, despite intensive ground and aerial attacks, Temur Iakobashvili, the Georgian state minister for reintegration, said.

The Abkhaz authorities said that their forces resumed operation “to drive Georgian forces out of the occupied parts of Kodori Gorge” at 6am this morning.

“The ground operation is being carried out with success,” Kristian Bzhania, the Abkhaz leader’s spokesman was quoted by Apsnipress as saying this morning. “We expect that the military phase of the operation will be over soon.”