Finland and Romania denounce so-called ‘elections’ in breakaway Abkhazia
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Romania and Finland do not recognise the so-called 'parliamentary elections' held on March 12 by Russia-backed de-facto leadership controlling Georgia's Abkhazia region.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry said yesterday that the Romanian Foreign Ministry denounced the results of an election conducted illegitimately on Georgian territory without the consent of the Government of Georgia.
Expressing their support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, the Romanian Foreign Ministry believes such illegitimate steps in Georgia’s breakaway territories endanger stability in the region.
Paivi Peltokoski, Director of Unit for Eastern Europe and Central Asia at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland also expressed her country’s support for Georgia.
Finland does not recognize the so-called parliamentary elections in #Abkhazia on 12 March 2017. Support to #Georgia's territorial integrity.
— Päivi Peltokoski (@PaiviPeltokoski) March 15, 2017
The so-called parliamentary elections held in breakaway, Russian-backed Abkhazia last Sunday has also denounced by the United States Embassy in Georgia, the European Union, Poland, Estonia, Azerbaijan and NATO.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry believes this act is yet another attempt at legitimising the consequences of several waves of ethnic cleansing, military invasion, occupation and lasting aggression by Russia against Georgian statehood.
As of today, only four countries recognise Georgia’s breakaway regions as independent republics; these are Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Nauru.
The United States Embassy in Georgia announced today that "the US does not recognise the results of an election conducted illegitimately in Georgian territory without the consent of the Government of Georgia, and condemns the decision to integrate the military forces of the breakaway region of South Ossetia with those of the Russian Federation”.
The EU, Poland and Estonia do not recognise the so-called 'parliamentary elections' held on March 12 by Russia-backed de-facto leadership controlling Georgia's Abkhazia region.
"NATO does not recognise the election held on March 12 in the Georgian region of Abkhazia”, NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai said in a statement on the so-called elections in Abkhazia today.
Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia is preparing to hold the "parliamentary elections” tomorrow – an event that Tbilisi and international community call non-constitutional and illegitimate.
President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Gudrun Mosler-Tornströom condemns the so-called "elections” held on March 12 by Russia-backed de-facto leadership controlling Georgia's Abkhazia region.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with Defence Minister of Finland Jussi Niinisto today. The pair discussed bilateral relations and cooperation between Tbilisi and the newly-launched European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki.
The President of Finland Sauli Niinisto will visit Georgia on May 26 to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Georgia with the Georgian people.