Abkhazia is claiming that Georgia is responsible for a series of explosions that have rocked the self-proclaimed region since June 30. The most recent blast hit a cafe Sunday in the town of Gali, on the Georgian-Abkhaz border killing four and injuring six.
Abkhazia's foreign ministry said in a statement, to the UN, G8 and OSCE, "Ignoring such serious provocations could lead to an irreversible escalation in the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict."
Abkhazia's ministry said that the international community's silence is an indication of their indirect support for terrorism and puts into question the objectivity of international mediators in finding a political settlement to the conflict in the region.
The foreign ministry statement said that "the leadership of Georgia has been openly supporting terrorism" for 15 years, stating that Levan Mamasakhlisi, considered a terrorist by Abkhazia, had received awards from Georgia's President Mikheil Saakashvili.
The ministry said that the international community was turning a blind eye to the evident human rights violations and "the policy of terror" against Abkhazia and another breakaway republic of South Ossetia.
The latest blast follows two sets of explosions in the breakaway province on June 30 and July 1, when six people were injured in the capital, Sukhumi, and the Black Sea resort of Gagra. Abkhaz authorities blamed both incidents on Georgian security forces and closed the de facto border with Georgia. Tbilisi dismissed the accusations as "absurd."
The region broke away from Georgia in the early 1990s following the collapse of the Soviet Union. Between 10,000 and 30,000 people were killed in the subsequent fighting.
The pro-Western Georgian government of Mikheil Saakashvili has said it is determined to bring the breakaway region back under its control, while accusing Russia of trying to annex the breakaway republic, along with South Ossetia.
Russia provides financial aid to Abkhazia and has a large peacekeeping contingent deployed in the region. Russia recently tightened security in the border after tensions increased along the Abkhaz- Georgian border.
