Georgia has taken no decision on opening of the Abkhaz railroad section, MP says

ArmInfo-Black Sea Press. The issue of opening of the Abkhaz railway section has been discussed in Georgia, but the Government has made no such a decision, parliamentarian Viktor Dolidze told Imedi TV company on September 6.  

Earlier on Friday Secretary of the Armenian National Security Council Artur Baghdasaryan said that Georgia, like the de facto authorities of Abkhazia, had given its consent to the opening of the Abkhaz railway section. He said that the issue, which is of strategic importance to Armenia's economy, had been discussed during the Sept 3 meeting of Armenian and Russian Presidents, Serzh Sargsyan and Vladimir Putin.    
 
"I do not know in what context Mr. Baghdasaryan said this. I am aware that they are thinking of economic projects and development of the railway facilities in Abkhazia, but you know that such a decision is out of question. It's one thing to consider and discuss the issue, and it is another thing to make such a decision at the governmental level. There is no such a decision", Dolidze said. 

At the spring session of PACE on April 23, Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili said that the Abkhaz railway section would open in the long-term outlook but this would happen with due regard for Georgia's interests.