Georgia Says Vanuatu Has Withdrawn Recognition of Abkhazia
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The Pacific island nation of Vanuatu withdrew its recognition of Georgia’s breakaway region of Abkhazia, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili’s administration said today on its Facebook Inc. page.
Vanuatu, which lies about 1,500 miles northeast of Sydney, had become the fifth country to recognize Abkhazia’s independence, agreeing to set up diplomatic relations with the self-declared republic in 2011.