The talks will require extremely thorough preparations. "Whatever contacts at such a level are not to come futile. They need well-prepared grounds, and the agenda must concern such matters whose solution would bring changes into relations with the neighboring countries," pointed out Mr. Bagapsh.
Economic matters ought to dominate negotiations. The political aspects of the problem cannot come under discussion before they find settlement, he added.
Mr. Bagapsh commented prospects for a Georgian-Abkhaz conference, due in Geneva next month. "Sergei Shamba, Minister of Foreign Affairs, will represent Abkhazia in the Geneva talks," he said.
The Geneva agenda will revolve round the Sochi agreements, added the Abkhaz leader.
Whatever foreign vessel that makes an unauthorized appearance in the Abkhaz waters will be shot at and sunken, he warned. Fire will be opened at any trespasser ship if frontier violations go on. Georgia has been duly warned about it, said Mr. Bagapsh.
The presidents of unrecognized republics-Transdniestria in Moldova, South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, and Karabakh in Azerbaijan-will meet in Abkhazia, April, he went on. The breakaway republics' Foreign Ministers are to draft a memorandum before the conference.
In case of whatever aggressive moves made against South Ossetia, let alone armed intervention, Abkhazia is securing its right to leave the negotiations and offer practical assistance to Tskhinvali, South Osset capital. Other conferees will also come up with similar statements, said Mr. Bagapsh.
