EU Foreign Ministers on Russia-Abkhazia treaty and Georgia’s EU objective
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"We must condemn and stand against of any attempt aimed to legalize the annexation of Georgian territories. All these efforts are the logical continuation of what Russia is doing in other regions, for example in Crimea,” commented Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius after the Friends of Georgia meeting today in Luxembourg before the Foreign Affairs Council.
Latvian FM Edgars Rinkevics called Georgia the leader of the Eastern Partnership.
"We all agree at the end of the meeting that Georgia is the leader of the EU Eastern Partnership and Riga Summit planned for May 2015 should go beyond Association Agreement. We hope to complete the Visa Liberalisation Action Plan. Much depends on both Georgia and the EU,” he stated according to Georgian Foreign Ministry’s press office.
Latvia initiated the meeting of the Friends of Georgia, as the first six months of 2015 the country will host the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
The meeting heard a presentation by Georgian Government officials on how it will launch the provisional implementation of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement, signed on June 27.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze pointed out the Russia-Abkhazia new draft treaty on ‘Alliance and Integration’ and its impact on the situation in the region.
The Latvian FM also expressed his position in a tweet after the meeting:
His Estonian counterpart also published a message on Twitter after the Friends of Georgia meeting:
The Hungarian FM and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto also expressed his strong support to Georgia’s EU aspirations.
"Hungary is the strong supporter of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. The process of the Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration should be speed up. European Union should strongly support the enlargement of EU,” he said.
Meanwhile Miroslav Lajcak, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of Slovakia said: "EU has the clear position. We fully support Georgia’s territorial integrity.”
Slovakia ratified Georgia’s AA, which included the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) agreement on October 16.
He underlined: "We [Slovakia] from the EU side and the Georgian Government should do maximum for the completing the EU-Georgia Association Agreement, because this document offers perspective for the people who lives on occupied territory”.
The Georgian Government will develop a unified action plan to consolidate the international community about the Kremlin-proposed treaty on "Alliance and Integration” between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
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 de facto president of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region is unhappy with a number of paragraphs in the Kremlin proposed ‘Alliance and Integration’ treaty, which aims to bring Russia and Abkhazia closer together.
"Nobody has a right and ability to prevent Russia and Abkhazia from bringing their ties to a new level,” reads a statement of the Russian Foreign Ministry as its official comment after the Georgia-Russia meeting in Prague.
"This document contradicts Abkhazians' 25 year struggle for self-determination, recognition and so-called independence,” says Georgia's Prime Minister about a Kremlin proposed new treaty on ‘Alliance and Integration’ with Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia.
A Kremlin proposed treaty on to enhance the relationship between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia has been condemned by Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
A Kremlin proposed new treaty on ‘Alliance and Integration’ with Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia and Russia will be signed by the end of this year, Abkhazia’s de-facto leader Raul Khajimba announced.
Lithuania’s Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius believed if Europe stood in Khurvaleti, a Georgian village located at the border of the breakaway Tskhinvali region in 2008 during the Russia-Georgia war, further violations would not happen.
The UN Security Council wrap up session condemned Russia-Abkhazia treaty which has been also considered in Tbilisi as a step towards the annexation of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia backed by Moscow.
Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili has welcomed the support of those countries expressed towards Georgia at the United Nations (UN) Security Council’s wrap up session on December 22.