Donald Tusk visits occupation line near breakaway Tskhinvali (VIDEO)
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European Council (EC) President Donald Tusk has visited the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) between Georgia’s breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and the rest of Georgian territory, where new demarcation signposts have been installed recently by Russian forces.
Tusk arrived in the conflict zone together with Kestutis Jankauskas, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) and also with other members of the mission early this morning.
On the ground, the EC President witnessed the tense situation, where local residents could not reach their wheat fields or graze cattle as Russian servicemen patrolled along the ABL and often kidnapped farmers.
He highlighted the main massages of his ABL trip on his official twitter account.
New demarcation signposts clearly provocative & do not build trust on Administrative Boundary Line in Georgia #EUMM.
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) July 21, 2015
Visiting EU Monitoring Mission #EUMM in Georgia. The #CSDP mission a key factor for stability pic.twitter.com/ZFUxOToi8c
— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) July 21, 2015
Tusk left the site without making any comment for media, but while talking with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili yesterday he assessed Russia’s recent moves there as "provocation” and "a step in the wrong direction”.
"It is clearly a provocation and it does not assist to build trust in the ongoing efforts to stabilise the situation and to bring about longer term conflict resolution,” he said.
He also reiterated the European Union’s (EU) support towards Georgia’s territorial integrity and said "Abkhazia and South Ossetia are integral parts of Georgia.”
Tusk will meet Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili then speak for local and international media before leaving the country later today.
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