So-called Security Council of Abkhazia holds extraordinary session

The so-called Security Council of occupied Abkhazia is holding an extraordinary session on the developments ongoing in Sokhumi, Abkhaz media reports.

The situation is tense in front of the de facto president's administration building. Protesters call for the resignation of de facto President Raul Khajimba and demand annulment of the presidential election results. According to Russian media, few persons were injured when protesters broke into the administration building.

The second round of the so-called presidential elections wer held in Abkhazia on September 8 last year. According to the de-facto election commission, Raul Khajimba got 47.39% and 46.17% of the population voted for Alkhas Kvitsinia. The opposition does not recognize the results of the elections and calls for its annulment.