Japan rejects Russia-Abkhazia treaty
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The Government of Japan has slated the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
The island nation publically announced it condemned the deal and expressed its firm support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
The de-facto president of breakaway Abkhazia Raul Khajimba and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the controversial ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ deal in Sochi on November 24.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan authorised its local Embassy in Georgia to issue a statement on December 1.
The statement highlighted that peaceful resolution to the conflict in Georgia's occupied regions Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) were "essential” for peace and stability of the country and the entire South Caucasus region.
"The above-mentioned points are clearly expressed in the joint statement between Japan and Georgia on Solidarity for Peace and Democracy, signed on October 24 by Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili during his visit to Japan,” the statement read.
The Government of Portugal has slated the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and expressed its firm support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
Georgia’s close neighbour Ukraine is condemning the ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ treaty signed this week between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania has slammed the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and expressed its firm support to the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
The United States (US) says it will not recognise the legitimacy of any treaty between Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and the Russian Federation.
NATO is calling on Russia to reverse its recognition of two Georgian lands - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region - as independent states and to withdraw its forces from Georgia.
The Congress of the Council of Europe has condemned the so-called ‘Alliance and Strategic Partnership’ treaty between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
The United States (US) House of Representatives has unanimously approved a document which strongly condemns Moscow's actions against its neighbours Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
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.
Japan is the first country to officially change the pronunciation of Georgia from the archaic Russian term ‘Gurujia’ to ‘Jojia’, based on the English pronunciation of the former Soviet republic’s name.
Georgia and Japan are intensifying their collaboration in the fields of trade and investment.
About forty children from a small western Georgian village now have a fully equipped, brand new kindergarten building – thanks to the Japanese government.