There was no chance for reintegration or reconciliation unless this took place.
Temuri Yakobashvili, the Georgian Minister for Reintegration, watched these events with unease and some confusion.
Carolina Escobar Neira is the manager of a programme for former combatants at the Colombian government's High Council for Reintegration.
"We can do just about anything short of full independence," he said, and referred to possible federalist models for reintegration.
Temuri Yakobashvili, Georgia's minister for reintegration, said Mr. Bagapsh has little power in any case, given Abkhazia's reliance on Russia.
Now, with the wars winding down, it's time for reintegration efforts to become the major focus for military family support.
Speaking in Paris, Mr. Sarkozy repeated his arguments for reintegration, saying that the world had changed, threats had changed and NATO had changed.
They were then expected to be transferred to the aircraft carrier USS Harry S Truman, from where they will be flown ashore at an unspecified point for reintegration.
He adds: "When you listen to the justice minister, he generally emphasises the need for reintegration into society rather than the need for punishment".
Under the terms of the handover, Hong Kong was to retain a high degree of autonomy for 50 years, an ingenious solution for reintegration of a former colony.
"He made a plea for reintegration in the psychic structure of a recognition of the divine; the two are hardly the same".
