In March 2009, Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh told the Vice President of the International Crisis Group that his republic had no plans to become a part of Russia and that his administration was "building an independent, legal, and democratic state."
2009年3月，阿布哈兹总统谢尔盖·巴加普什告诉国际危机组织副主席，他的共和国没有计划成为俄罗斯的一部分，他的政府「正在建立一个独立的、法制的、民主国家」。