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The Agreement on a Cease-fire and Separation of Forces was signed by parties to the
Georgian-Abkhazian conflict The Abkhazia conflict is a territorial dispute over Abkhazia, a region on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in the South Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. The conflict involves Georgia, the Russian Federation a ...
in Moscow on 14 May 1994. Also known as the 1994 Moscow Agreement, it was witnessed by
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,
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and
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representatives. The agreement was recognised in United Nations Security Council Resolution 934.
Georgia Georgia most commonly refers to: * Georgia (country), a country in the South Caucasus * Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the southeastern United States Georgia may also refer to: People and fictional characters * Georgia (name), a list of pe ...
and
Abkhazia Abkhazia, officially the Republic of Abkhazia, is a List of states with limited recognition, partially recognised state in the South Caucasus, on the eastern coast of the Black Sea, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia. It cover ...
agreed to a cease fire and the creation of a security zone clear of heavy weapons separating the parties. A peacekeeping force of the
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would monitor compliance of the agreement, with the assistance of the
United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia The United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG) was established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 858 on 24 August 1993 to verify compliance with a 27 July 1993 ceasefire agreement between the Republic of Georgia and forces ...
(UNOMIG).


See also

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War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) The War in Abkhazia was fought between Georgian government and paramilitary forces, and a coalition of Abkhaz separatist forces and North Caucasian militants between 1992 and 1993. Ethnic Georgians who lived in Abkhazia fought largely on th ...
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Sochi agreement The Sochi agreement (official title in ), also known as the Dagomys Agreements (), was a ceasefire agreement ostensibly marking the end of both the South Ossetia war (1991–1992), South Ossetia War and War in Abkhazia (1992–1993), Abkhazian Wa ...


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* * * Abkhaz–Georgian conflict 1994 in Georgia (country) 1994 in Abkhazia 1994 in international relations Ceasefires May 1994 in Europe 1994 in Moscow {{Abkhazia-stub