Moldovan, Georgian Separatists Hail New Montenegro
May 23, 2006
Sergei Bagapsh, leader of the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia (file photo) (epa)
Sergei Bagapsh, the president of the self-proclaimed republic of Abkhazia, said Montenegro's vote set a "precedent" that the international community should take into account.
Valery Litskai, the foreign minister of the unrecognized Transdniester government, said the outcome of the May 21 referendum in Montenegro was an occasion for celebration.
(Interfax, AFP)