Lithuania condemns Russia-Abkhazia treaty as an attempt at annexation
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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.
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.
At the United Nations (UN) Security Council December wrap-up session Lithuania highlighted that a similar scenario will be played out in the Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia).
The so-called treaty on alliance and strategic partnership signed recently between Russia and the region of Abkhazia undermines all efforts to find a solution to the conflict based on the principle of Georgia’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders and constitutes a step towards the annexation of Abkhazia by Russia. There are very real fears that a similar scenario will be played out in the Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia, the statement said.
Lithuanian diplomat Raimonda Murmokaite serving as Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations since 2012 expressed her position on the tweeter account.
@LithuaniaUNNY#UNSC: so-called treaty on alliance, strategic partnership between Russia and Abkhazia undermines efforts to find solution1/2
— Raimonda Murmokaite (@PRLTUN) December 22, 2014
Therefore, Russian news agency Itar Tass revealed information that Abkhazian Parliament ratified so-called treaty with Russia yesterday, December 22. The deal will come into force on January 1, 2015.
Meanwhile, Russian President’s aide Vladislav Surkov who is on a working visit to Tskhinvali in the interview to the Russian news agency Itar Tass confirmed that the work on a new treaty on allied relations and integration between Russia and so-called South Ossetia will be over by late January 2015.
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.
Georgian Foreign Ministry calls on the international community to take all possible measures to prevent the annexation of Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali region (so-called South Ossetia) by Russia.
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 Government of Japan has slated the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region.
A Kremlin proposed new treaty on ‘Alliance and Integration’ with Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia and Russia will be signed by the end of this year, Abkhazia’s de-facto leader Raul Khajimba announced.
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.
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.
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.
The UN Security Council wrap up session condemned Russia-Abkhazia treaty which has been also considered in Tbilisi as a step towards the annexation of Georgia’s breakaway region Abkhazia backed by Moscow.
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