Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia denounce ‘elections’ in occupied Tskhinvali
The foreign ministries of the three Baltic states also reaffirmed their support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia do not recognise “parliamentary elections” in one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The foreign ministries of the three Baltic states also reaffirmed their support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
#Latvia supports #Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs does not recognise the "parliamentary elections" in South Ossetia, a region of Georgia, on 9 June.
— Latvian MFA (@Latvian_MFA) June 9, 2019
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Linas Linkevicius also posted on Twitter that today’s so-called elections in Tskhinvali region "blatantly violates Georgia’s sovereignty”.
Today’s so-called elections in Tskhinvali region of Georgia occupied by Russia blatantly violates Georgia’s sovereignty. #Lithuania does not recognise these 'elections' & reaffirms unequivocal support to #Georgia’s sovereignty & territorial integrity. @DZalkaliani @MFAgovge
— Linas Linkevicius (@LinkeviciusL) June 9, 2019
Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu also "strongly condemned" so-called parliamentary elections in Tskhinvali.
We strongly condemn so-called parliamentary elections in the occupied South Ossetia, #Georgia on 9 June. They are illegal, we can´t recognise the outcome of these elections. We fully support sovereignty & territorial integrity of Georgia, South-Ossetia is integral part of ????????
— Urmas Reinsalu (@UrmasReinsalu) June 9, 2019
The Georgian Foreign Ministry stated earlier today that the so-called parliamentary elections in Tskhinvali region “blatantly violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders”
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced today’s “parliamentary elections” in occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), which “blatantly violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders”.
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine “strongly condemns the holding and does not recognise the results" of so-called parliamentary elections in Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali.
The US does not recognise the legitimacy of the so-called parliamentary elections held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, conducted on June 9.
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean and Claude Kernm, say that the June 9 so-called parliamentary elections in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region were “neither legitimate nor legal.”
Corlatean and Kern say that the “elections” hinder the peaceful settlement of the conflict and instead of uniting people they only drive them further apart.
The European Union does not recognise recent “parliamentary elections” in one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). Spokesperson Maja Kocijančič reiterated the EU’s position that it supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia as recognised by international law.