Georgia's other breakaway province, South Ossetia, has been hit by three attacks in the past two months leaving three people dead and about 20 injured. Abkhazia's leadership says its Air Force brought down a Georgian unmanned combat reconnaissance plane in its airspace on March 18, although Tbilisi denies the incident.
Abkhazia's Foreign Minister Sergei Shamba said: "I see in these actions an attempt to provoke the Abkhaz and South Ossetian sides to demonstrate to Western partners that Georgia needs the North Atlantic alliance's protection."
Georgia has sought NATO membership ever since President Saakashvili came to power in 2003. In February Georgia handed a letter to NATO from Saakashvili asking for admission into the Western military alliance's membership plan.
Shamba accused Tblisi of orchestrating terrorist attacks in the two unrecognized republics, irreparably damaging relations.
"Any actions, terrorist attacks and subversive activities the Georgian leadership has been traditionally using against our countries have led to a final severance of relations between our states," he said.
Ex-Soviet breakaway regions have stepped up their drives for independence since Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17. Abkhazia and South Ossetia, along with Moldova's Transdnestr, have since asked Russia's parliament, the United Nations and other organizations to recognize their independence.
Both South Ossetia and Abkhazia were involved in bloody conflicts with Georgia after proclaiming independence following the split-up of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Georgia is seeking to regain control of the republics and accuses Moscow of encouraging separatism and interfering in its internal affairs.
Last Friday, the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, proposed that the president and the government consider the issue of whether to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Peacekeeping in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict zone is currently carried out by collective CIS forces staffed with Russian service personnel. The Georgian-South Ossetian conflict area is controlled by joint forces also including Russian peacekeepers.
