Georgia has gained another significant measure of independence. This is a long way to have come in just ten years. And these have been very tumultuous years filled with strife and hardship: assassination attempts against President Shevardnadze: pressures from Russia which continues to harbor Igor Giorgadze. the mastermind behind the 1995 assassination attempt against President Shevardnadze: ethnic conflicts. over 300.000 refugees from Abkhazia. and tremendous economic hardships for the Georgian people. This refugee problem is one which should resonate with all of us. The television pictures and the stories told by the Kosovar refugees of ethnic cleansing. people pushed out of their homes and villages is a sight which shocks us and has galvanized the United States and the west to action. Similar scenes were taking place in Georgia which in a very short time had to assimilate over 300.000 refugees driven out of Abkhazia as part of ethnic cleansing in that part of the country. Had there been TV cameras there the world might have reacted. But there werent and Georgia has been left to deal with this difficult problem on its own.
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