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The Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia is a government in exile that Georgia recognizes as the legal government of Abkhazia, a region that has been de facto independent of Georgia-though with very little international recognition-since the early 1990s. This pro-Georgian government maintained a foothold on Abkhazian territory until it was forced out by fighting in August 2008.
After the War in Abkhazia (1992 � 1993), Georgia proposed five-party talks involving this government, the Government of the de facto authorities of Abkhazia, the Government of Georgia, along with Russia and the UN as interested parties in order to settle the final status of Abkhazia within the framework of the Georgian state. The Abkhaz side wanted assurances that Georgia would not try to solve the issue by force of arms before being a party to the talks. Between September 2006 and July 2008, this government had been headquartered in Upper Abkhazia but was forced out of all of Abkhazia in August 2008 during the 2008 South Ossetia War by the Military of Abkhazia. Upper Abkhazia is a territory that has population of c. 2,000 (1-1.5% of Abkhazia's post-war population) and is centered on the upper Kodori Valley (roughly 17% of the territory of the former Abkhaz ASSR). This government is also partly responsible for the affairs of some 250,000 IDPs who were forced to leave Abkhazia following the War in Abkhazia and ethnic cleansing that followed.
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