Original sentence: Abkhazia ( Apsny,  Apkhazeti,  Abkhazia) is a political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus whose status is disputed.It considers itself an independent state (the Republic of Abkhazia), but this is recognised only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, South Ossetia and Transnistria the last two of which themselves only enjoy very limited recognition
Edited sentence: Abkhazia ( Apsny,  Apkhazeti,  Abkhazia) refers to the Republic of Abkhazia, a political entity on the eastern coast of the Black Sea and the south-western flank of the Caucasus whose status is disputed.It considers itself an independent state.but this is recognised only by Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru, South Ossetia and Transnistria the last two of which themselves only enjoy very limited recognition