Consequences of the Diplomatic Recognition of Abkhazia by the Syrian Arab Republic (2018)

... increasing diplomatic pressures from NATO and the West on Russia’s allies in the Black Sea (Armenia, Abkhazia and South-Ossetia, Transnistria) and Syria. Sending more Russian forces and equipment in Gudauta is necessary to reassure Eastern Ukraine, Syria and Abkhazia, and it shows Moscow is ready to protect its interests in the event that NATO or Georgia escalate the conflict as it happened when Saakashvili was the President of Georgia. Bibliography BBC News, Russia, and Abkhazia signed a cooperation agreement ...