31. Abkhaz foreign minister Sergei Shamba had said that operation against the gorge was launched and the Georgian forces would be expelled. 32. Pipia was re-appointed in the cabinet of Sergei Shamba in 2009, following the re-election of Bagapsh. 33. He wants the shamba system ended and believes farmers will have to put up their own fences to ward off the elephants. 34. Despite being considered by some to again be a possible candidate, Shamba did not participate in the December 2009 presidential election. 35. Observers noted that Shamba would have been above the legal maximum age for the Presidency at the time of the next election. 36. The Abkhaz foreign minister Sergei Shamba asked Russia to place Abkhazia under Russia's military control in exchange for security guarantees. 37. The Shamba -Adzynba ticket came in second place with 21.02 % of the vote, narrowly ahead of Khajimba. 38. Throughout his time as foreign minister, it often fell to Shamba to defend Abkhazia's separation from Georgia in the international media. 39. We are building an independent, democratic state . " Peter Semneby also met with Prime minister Alexander Ankvab and foreign minister Sergei Shamba . 40. Abkhaz foreign minister, Sergei Shamba , said they had warned a U . N . observer mission in the gorge before the operation.
