President Zurabishvili calls on CBS channel to change reference to occupied Tskhinvali region as 'Russian province'
The series features a fictional detective team working on criminal cases involving US Navy and Marine Corps. Photo: CBS.
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President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has called on the CBS television channel to change its reference to Georgia's occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as a "Russian province" for an upcoming episode of the NCIS: New Orleans drama series.
Zurabishvili tweeted on Monday referring the description used by CBS for the region as " troubling" and "irresponsible" and urging the channel to "make the necessary changes" to it.
An upcoming episode of @NCISNewOrleans set to feature #Georgia’s ‘South Ossetia’ as a “Russian province” is troubling. This synopsis mistake is irresponsible and we call on @CBS and the show’s writers to respect Georgia’s territorial integrity and make the necessary changes.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) April 22, 2019
The Georgian President's tweet addressed the network, which both co-produces and distributes the series, to "respect Georgia's territorial integrity" with regards to the region under occupation by Russian forces since the 2008 war between the two states.
The upcoming episode of the series, featuring a fictional Naval Criminal Investigative Service agents in New Orleans, is scheduled to air on Tuesday.
The series follows a criminal investigation team in their inquiries into incidents involving the United States Navy and Marine Corps.
Episode 21 will be part of the ongoing Season 5 of the TV title that originally launched in 2014. Gary Glasberg is the screenwriter and co-executive producer for the production.