United States rejects Russia-Abkhaz treaty
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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 de-facto president of breakaway Abkhazia Raul Khajimba and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ deal in Sochi yesterday.
The US State Department issued a statement overnight that emphasized the US supported Georgia and its territorial integrity.
The statement said the position of US on Abkhazia and South Ossetia remained clear – these regions were "integral parts of Georgia” and the US would continue to support Georgia’s independence, its sovereignty and its territorial integrity.
"We once again urge Russia to fulfill all of its obligations under the 2008 ceasefire agreement, to withdraw its forces to pre-conflict positions, to reverse its recognition of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states, and to provide free access for humanitarian assistance to these regions,” the statement said.
The US State Department emphasized it will renew full support for the Geneva International Discussions as a means to achieving concrete progress on security and humanitarian issues that continue to impact those who lived in Georgia’s breakaway areas.
US Ambassador to Georgia Richard Norland met Georgia’s Foreign Minister Tamar Beruchashvili and diplomatic corps in Georgia and discussed the issue. After the meeting he told journalists the US did not recognise the agreement between Russia and Abkhazia and was closely observing the developing situation in Georgia’s breakaway regions.
"We are watching that very closely like everybody else and we will see what happens later today or tomorrow but we are in close consultation with the Georgian government, we are keeping Washington informed and there will be an appropriate response once we have more information,’’ Norland said.
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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.
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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.
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Parliament of Austria is rejecting the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and says it would continue to be a strong supporter of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.
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.
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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.
Lithuania deeply condemns the deal as Russia is continuing efforts to undermine Georgia’s sovereignty and independence. The Baltic state expressed its firm support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
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