US urges Russia to respect Georgia’s territorial Integrity
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The United States (US) is urging the Russian Federation to respect Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The US Department of State released a statement denouncing Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia.
"The United States views the visit of President Putin to the Russian occupied Georgian territory of Abkhazia as inappropriate and inconsistent with the principles underlying the Geneva International Discussions, to which Russia is a party”, the statement read.
It added that the US fully supports Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and rejects Russia’s recognition of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia).
"The United States urges Russia to withdraw its forces to pre-war positions per the 2008 ceasefire agreement and reverse its recognition of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia”, the Department of State said.
Putin visited breakaway Abkhazia to meet with de-facto leader Raul Khajimba on Tuesday. Tuesday also marked the ninth anniversary of one of the most tragic days in Georgia’s recent history – the beginning of the Russia-Georgia war in August of 2008.
The Delegation of the European Union (EU) to Georgia has denounced the visit of the Russian President to the Georgian breakaway region of Abkhazia.
NATO has rebuked Russian President Vladimir Putin for visiting the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia on the ninth anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited Abkhazia, one of the two Russian occupied regions of Georgia, Russian media report.
Georgia’s Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says that occupied Tskhinvali’s hints about replacing the Georgian language with Russian at Akhalgori schools, is "another step within the policy of Russification”.
The Olof Palme International Center, a Swedish non-governmental organisation, has published a first-ever independent report on the human rights situation in Russian-occupied region of Georgia, Abkhazia.
Russia will transfer military materials to Abkhazia, a Russian-occupied region of Georgia. The respective "agreement” was signed today.
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasia Bridget Brink has praised the reforms carried out in Georgia and welcomes the "significant progress” achieved by the country.
Georgian Reconciliation Minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says that the opening of a Russian school in Georgia’s eastern occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region should be a signal to Ossetians living in the region.