International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Difference between revisions

|{{flagicon|Chechnya|1991}} [[Chechen republic of Ichkeria]] || On 10 December 1997, [[President of Ichkeria|President of Chechnya]] [[Aslan Maskhadov]] appointed Ruslan Tuntaev as a "plenipotentiary representative of the Chechen republic-Ichkeria" to Abkhazia. The envoy was appointed with a mandate of handling "economic and cultural-humanitarian affairs", with nothing being stated about political relations.<ref name="jam">{{Cite web |url=https://jamestown.org/program/chechen-representative-to-abkhazia-appointed/|title=Chechen representative to Abkhazia appointed|website=Jamestown |date=12 December 1997}}</ref> On 19 December 1997, Tuntaev was removed from his post by Maskhadov following Tuntaev's statement that the Chechen republic of Ichkeria "might recognize the Abkhazia's independence soon". Maskhadov's administration described this statement as an "illegelillegal and uncoordinated action". Kazbek Khajiev, Maskhadov's press secretary, said that Chechnya would not endanger its friendly relations with Georgia to "promote somebody's ambitions".<ref>{{Cite journal|journal=Central Asia and the Caucasus|title=Central Asia and the Caucasus|issue=1–3|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Central_Asia_and_the_Caucasus/Ym0MAQAAMAAJ|publisher=Central Asia and The Caucasus, Information and Analytical Center|year=2000 |pages=155}}</ref>