NEW YORK, September 11 (RIA Novosti) - The United Nations secretary general said on Thursday he is considering the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Abkhazia and South Ossetia, along with a fact-finding team.
"We will explore a possible peacekeeping or other arrangement for Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We are also looking at sending a fact-finding mission to Georgia," Ban Ki-moon said at a press conference.
The secretary general said the fact-finding team would give its evaluation on the humanitarian situation in Georgia and its disputed republics following last month's conflict.
Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states on August 26, two weeks after it had expelled Georgian troops from South Ossetia following Tbilisi's August 8 ground and air offensive against the republic.
