NATO concerned by Russia’s proposed treaty with breakaway Abkhazia
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NATO’s top regional representative said there was "strong concern” in the Alliance about the Kremlin-proposed ‘Alliance and Integration’ treaty Russia aimed to make with Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia.
NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai said if the deal was signed, "it would set back even further the prospects of a solution in the country”.
"It would also be another manifestation of a pattern of Russian trying to change the political geography of Europe,” Appathurai said on his Facebook page.
Earlier this month, the draft treaty document was released by Abkhazian media and presented by Moscow. The document outlined joint cooperation between Russia and de-facto Abkhazia in defence and security, economic harmonisation with the Eurasian union, as well as mutual social protection and foreign policy issues.
The so-called treaty has been strongly condemned in Georgia by Government officials as a step towards the annexation of Abkhazia.
Meanwhile Abkhazia’s de-facto leader Raul Khajimba announced the treaty would be signed with Russia by the end of this year.
The proposed 'Alliance and Integration treaty between Russia and Georgia's breakaway region, the self-proclaimed "Republic of Abkhazia” violates international law, co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) say.
The European Union (EU) believes the proposed 'Alliance and Integration' draft treaty between Russia and Georgia's breakaway region, the self-proclaimed Republic of Abkhazia, undermines the security and stability of the region.
Events in Ukraine and Georgia should not be isolated, Georgian Parliament Speaker David Usupashvili noted in his speech at the Hague Global Justice Institute yesterday.
De-facto Cabinet Ministers of Georgia's breakaway Abkhazia region have approved a bilateral treaty between Moscow and Sokhumi that outlined creating joint Russian and Abkhazian military forces.
A Kremlin-proposed ‘Alliance and Integration’ agreement between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia will lead to big problems in the region, former Ambassador to Georgia Kenneth Yalowitz says.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry believes the revised draft treaty on ‘Alliance and Integration’ between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia is a step forward to the annexation of Georgia’s territories.
Georgian Foreign Ministry has condemned the Russian government’s decision to endorse the signing of the latest draft of a new treaty with breakaway Abkhazia.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and de-facto president of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia are scheduled to meet in Russia’s Black Sea resort town Sochi today and sign an alliance treaty despite the document being condemned by Georgia and the international community.
Georgia will ask the United Nations (UN) to convene a Security Council meeting to discuss the 'Treaty on Alliance and Strategic Partnership' signed today between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia.
The United States (US) says it will not recognise the legitimacy of any treaty between Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and the Russian Federation.
The ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ treaty signed between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia is a step towards annexation of Georgia, President Giorgi Margvelashvili announced today.
A Russian alliance treaty between Moscow and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia is an obstacle to peacefully resolving the conflict, says German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s spokesman.
Georgia’s Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe Konstantine Korkelia is condemning Russia’s actions of aligning itself closer with Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region, and his comments have been applauded by all but one Council of Europe member states.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry is again publically condemning the signing of the so-called ‘treaty’ between Moscow and the Sokhumi occupation regime and called it "de-facto annexation” of its territory.
Forging and strengthening international contacts is the best force against the so-called ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ treaty signed between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia, says the Georgian Prime Minister’s special representative for relations with Russia Zurab Abashidze.
The condemned Russia-Abkhazia deal will take the limelight at the upcoming OSCE Ministerial Council and the Geneva International Discussions, Georgia’s Foreign Ministry said.
A Russian high official believes the process to normalise relations between Georgia and Russia is continuing as normal, despite Georgia and much of the international community condemning Russia’s deal with Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
De-facto leader of Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali’s (South Ossetia) region, Leonid Tibilov, believes there is a possibility the breakaway region’s accession into Russia will be considered in the proposed integration treaty between Moscow and Tskhinvali.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be happy to host a Georgian Government delegation if they visited his nation.
De facto leaders of Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) have sent a draft treaty on alliance and integration between Moscow and Tskhinvali to Russia.