A State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili assesses the visit of the Russian President to the occupied Abkhazia.

"The Russian president within the short visit mentioned himself that Russia"s joint military base in occupied Abkhazia is the key instrument for spreading influence over the Caucasus region," Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says.

According to the minister, Russia tries to get full control.