SUKHUMI, Georgia (AFP) — Georgia's breakaway region of Abkhazia appealed to the international community Friday to recognize its self-declared independence, citing Kosovo as a precedent. "After the recognition of the independence of Kosovo by a large number of Western states... conditions favourable to the recognition of Abkhazia's independence have appeared," the Abkhaz parliament said in a sta...

Now that Kosovo gained its independence Nagorno-Karabakh's international recognition should come next. If freedom is permitted for one nation, it's permitted for all nations. Last month Kosovo proclaimed its independence and many European countries and USA quickly recognized Kosovo as an independent country. There has been much talk about Nagorno-Karabakh, and Abkhazia and if Kosovo is a pre...