Georgia outraged by Abkhazia joining world business organization
03:08 15/09/2009 TBILISI, September 15 (RIA Novosti) - A Georgian opposition MP threatened Abkhazia with sanctions on Monday following the former Georgian republic's move to join the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
Media reported last week that Abkhazia's Chamber of Commerce became on September 8 a member of the world business organization whose aim is to resolve the most urgent business problems.
Georgian Parliament Speaker David Bakradze said the Georgian authorities will make the decision on sanctions in coordination with the international community. "This is not an issue to be resolved inside of Georgia," he said.
The ICC was established in 1919 and is headquartered in Paris. It unites thousands of enterprises, associations and companies from over 130 countries and closely cooperates with the UN, the World Trade Organization and the World Bank, being a collective consultative body for them.
Moscow recognized the two pro-Russian regions - Abkhazia and another former Georgian republic, South Ossetia - after a brief war last August to repel Georgia's attack on South Ossetia.
The move, seen partly as a response to the broad recognition of Kosovo's independence from Serbia, was condemned internationally. Georgia, backed by the United States and Europe, severed diplomatic ties with Russia last year over its recognition of the republics.
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