President: Russia’s actions threaten global order
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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is calling the international community to react in a "calm but principled way” to Russia’s controversial action in Ukraine.
Speaking at a special press conference, the President stressed Georgia was "extremely concerned” by the situation in Crimea.
"Events in Ukraine not only threaten the regional stability but put the whole global order established after World War II in danger,” Margvelashvili stated.
The President noted this process was dangerous in two ways. Firstly it discredited the process of nuclear disbarment, as it happened in 1994 when Ukraine refused its nuclear arsenal and gained guarantees of its territorial integrity and sovereignty from Russian and the West.
The second danger was the precedent Russia created by its desire to have Crimea merge with its territory, and this created a problem to global security, Margvelashvili believed.
Summing up his statement, Margvelashvili said Georgia stood alongside civilized countries who considered that the problems between countries should be resolved by diplomatic actions rather than seizure of territory or by use of force involving military actions.
High officials of Georgia’s two breakaway regions Abkhazia and South Ossetia recognize the results of a referendum held in Crimea on March 16.
The Executive Vice President of the Atlantic Council Damon Wilson has commented about the resemblance of the current developments in Ukraine with the occupation of Georgia’s territories in 2008.
The President of Georgia is refusing to accept the Crimea referendum where early results show an overwhelming majority voted in support of the Crimea region becoming united with the Russian Federation.
In a television interview, Usupashvili commented on the developments in Ukraine and said each country, including Georgia, was doing what it believed was necessary and correct in response to the crisis in Ukraine, including Georgia.