Parliament adopts statement against “Russia’s attempt to annex occupied Abkhazia”

The Parliament of Georgia has adopted a statement condemning Russia’s "attempt to annex occupied Abkhazia” through its new treaty on "alliance and integration” with Sokhumi.

The Russian-proposed treaty "will give rise to a new wave of violation of international legal norms, create an additional threat to regional stability, and significantly damage the process of normalisation of Russian-Georgian relations,” the statement read.

The Parliament’s statement called on the international community "to intensify its efforts for the protection of international order and legal norms through using all the possible levers.”

The document also said Georgia’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration would secure full protection of the Abkhaz people’s interests.

The Parliament declared its full support towards Georgia’s Government to make the occupied regions’ issue the top priority during local or international discussions.

Meanwhile, President Giorgi Margvelashvili invited the National Security Council session to convene on October 28 "to plan coordinated actions for country’s defence in the worsened military-political conditions.”