After six days of high tension, the confrontation between the authorities in Tbilisi and the autonomous republic of Adzharia ended. The tensions calmed down after face-to-face talks in Batumi between Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili and Adzharian leader Aslan Abashidze. The settlement involved an apparent climb down by Abashidze, who pledged to allow opposition political activity in his strictly controlled fiefdom, as well as a possible sharing of control of Batumi port and its customs revenues with Tbilisi. In return, Saakashvili announced the lifting of an economic blockade imposed on Adzharia last week.

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