Georgian PM says Russia trying to legalize occupation
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Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has responded to the Russian top officials planned visit to Georgia’s western occupied Abkhazia region and stressed it is an attempt from Russia "to legalize the occupation of forcibly seized historic Georgian lands.”
Kvirikashvili highlighted the importance of the peaceful resolution of the Russia-Georgia conflict through the involvement of the country’s strategic allies.
Of course we should do everything to regulate the conflict in a constructive manner and reconcile out people living on both sides of the occupation line. This is our major goal and I have no suspicious that we will successfully meet the goal,” Kvirikashvili stated.
Russian media reports that President Vladimir Putin is planning his visit to occupied Abkhazia on August 8, on the day when the Russia-Georgia war launched in 2008.
Georgia’s Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili believes that Russia’s President Vladimir Putin’s planned visit to Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia region is a "part of continued occupation and an attempt of annexing Georgia’s historic lands.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Russian occupied region of Georgia – Abkhazia on the ninth anniversary of the Russian-Georgian war, Russian news agency РБК said.
The United States Congress says President Donald Trump "should call on the Government of the Russian Federation to withdraw all of its forces from the territories of Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova”.
US Department of State: "Our position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia is clear and consistent. These regions are integral parts of Georgia".