The leaders of two Georgian breakaway regions agreed to step up cooperation in security and other areas during talks in a Black Sea resort town Tuesday, in a meeting likely to annoy Georgia's central government. Abkhazian President Sergei Bagapsh and South Ossetian leader Eduard Kokoity discussed the situations in their respective regions, both of which have run their own affairs since breaking away from government control during wars in the 1990s, according to AP. «The two sides agreed to develop strategic cooperation in all spheres and agreed to coordinate measures to ensure the security of both states,» said a statement issued after the talks. Abkhazian presidential spokesman Kristian Bzhaniya said ahead of the meeting that the two were also to discuss economic ties and external relations. Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has vowed to bring the two regions back under government control.
