German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier is travelling to Georgia in a bid to help end the conflict over the separatist Georgian region of Abkhazia.
Steinmeier is expected in the capital Tbilisi on Thursday where he is to hold talks with the Georgian government and the political opposition before moving on to Abkhazia, where he will meet local leaders. Steinmeier will then travel to Moscow for talks with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov before returning to Berlin on Saturday. Abkhazia and South Ossetia have enjoyed de facto independence from Tbilisi since the early 1990s, but their self-declared governments are not formally recognised by any other state. Georgia accuses Russia of tacit support for the rebels and stoking tensions in both regions.
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