EU spokesperson for foreign affairs: tension at occupation line in Georgia completely unacceptable

Crossing points with Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region have been closed since September 4 2019, causing severe humanitarian situation on the ground. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 11 Nov 2019 - 11:12, Tbilisi,Georgia

EU Spokesperson Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Maja Kocijancic says that the rising tension along the occupation line with Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region “is completely unacceptable.”

So are factually incorrect statements from within South Ossetia [Tskhinvali] concerning security actions and developments on the ground, which only fuel further tensions,” Kocijancic said.

She stated that the EU calls on all actors “to show maximum restraint and refrain from any steps or statements that could escalate the situation”.

Kocijancic said that instead, mechanisms put in place to prevent incidents and find solutions - such as the hotline, the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in Ergneti (IPRM) and the Geneva International Discussions – “must be consistently used”.