SUKHUM (June 8) Abkhazia will go to the polls to elect a new president on August 26, following the death of President Sergei Bagapsh on May 29.
The date was set by a resolution passed by the Parliament of Abkhazia on Wednesday.
Bagapsh, 63, who had led Abkhazia since 2005, died of cancer in Moscow following an operation on his lungs.
No comments:
Post a Comment