Secessionist Leaders Tour North Caucasian Republics

Civil Georgia, Tbilisi / 8 Jun.'06 / 11:59

Following their visit to Russia’s North Ossetian Republic on June 6, South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity and Abkhaz leader Sergey Bagapsh arrived in Russia’s Kabardino-Balkaria on June 7, the Regnum news agency reported.

The two secessionist leaders met with President of Kabardino-Balkaria Arsen Kanokov in the capital city, Nalchik, to discuss the current situation in the Caucasus region, as well as economic cooperation issues.

From Kabardino-Balkaria both Bagapsh and Kokoity left for another Russian republic, Karachaevo-Cherkessia.