total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Airports--with unpaved runways:
total: 1
under 914 m: 1 (1998 est.)

Military

Military branches: NA

Military expenditures--dollar figure: $NA

Military expenditures--percent of GDP: NA%

Transnational Issues

Disputes--international: West Bank and Gaza Strip are
Israeli-occupied with current status subject to the
Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement--permanent status to be
determined through further negotiation

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Introduction

Background: Beset by ethnic and civil strife since independence
from the Soviet Union in December 1991, Georgia began to stabilize
in 1994. Political settlements for separatist conflicts in South
Ossetia and Abkhazia remain elusive. The conflict in South Ossetia
has been dormant since spring 1994, but sporadic violence continues
between Abkhaz forces and Georgian partisans in western Georgia.
Russian peacekeepers are deployed in both regions and a UN Observer
Mission is operating in Abkhazia. As a result of these conflicts,
Georgia still has about 250,000 internally displaced people. In
1995, Georgia adopted a new constitution and conducted generally
free and fair nationwide presidential and parliamentary elections.
In 1996, the government focused its attention on implementing an
ambitious economic reform program and professionalizing its
parliament. Violence and organized crime were sharply curtailed in
1995 and 1996, but corruption remains rife. Georgia has taken some
steps to reduce its dependence on Russia, acquiring coastal patrol
boats in 1997 to replace Russian border units along the Black Sea
coast. In 1998, Georgia assumed control of its Black Sea coast and
about half of its land border with Turkey in line with a June 1998
agreement with Russia. Since 1997, Georgia's parliament has
sharpened its rhetoric against Russia's continued military presence
on Georgian territory. In February 1998 an assassination attempt was
made against President SHEVARDNADZE by supporters of the late former
president Zviad GAMSAKHURDIA. In October 1998, a disaffected
military officer led a failed mutiny in western Georgia; the armed
forces continue to feel the ripple effect of the uprising. Georgia
faces parliamentary elections this fall, and presidential elections