Georgia to block Russia from WTO until support for Abkhazia ends

Georgia will continue to block Russia's entry to the World Trade Organization until Moscow withdraws its support for the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia, the country's reintegration minister said on Friday.

Tensions between Moscow and Tbilisi have seen a new deterioration since the Russian leadership called for closer ties with Abkhazia and South Ossetia, another breakaway Georgian republic, in mid-April.

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Good news. USA is trying to force Russia to join WTO, but that will be not good for our economy. Thanks Georgia we have such a good reason why we're not able to join. "We want to join, really, but we can't because Georgia block it" - that's what our diplomats will say to their American colleagues. ;)