Georgia’s largest opposition party will hold a rally in protest of Russian occupation of Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region on November 15.
At today’s special briefing, United National Movement (UNM) members said they would never tolerate Abkhazia’s "ethnic cleansing”.
"Because of Russia’s open, brazen and actually de jure annexation attempt of occupied Abkhazia and because the Georgian authorities are doing nothing to push the issue on the international agenda, we have decided to hold a protest rally on Rustaveli Avenue in the capital city, which will aim at making our voice heard to the Georgian authorities, as well as to the international community that Georgia will never tolerate ethnic cleansing in Abkhazia and will never tolerate occupation and annexation of Abkhazia by Russia,” Member of Parliament and executive secretary of UNM, Zurab Japaridze said at the briefing.
Another UNM member David Bakradze said Georgia faced "a huge challenge” which needed a united response from society.
Russia recently offered Abkhazia an agreement on "Alliance and Integration”, which was assessed as a violation of international law by Georgia and the global community.