23:29, 10 December 2003
Federation Council approved prolongation of mandate of Russian peacekeepers in Georgian-Abkhazian conflict zone
On December 10, the Federation Council approved the prolongation of the mandate of the Russian peacekeepers deployed in the zone of the Georgian-Abkhazian conflict as a part of the CIS Peacekeeping Forces. There are 3 thousand Russian peacekeepers in the zone of the conflict. They will stay there till one of the parties declares for the cessation of the peacekeeping operation.
Source: RosBusinessConsulting News Agency



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