De-facto Tskhinvali government to close crossing-point for illegal inauguration
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Locals of the Russian occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) cannot use the crossing-point between the breakaway region and the rest of Georgia for three days.
The de-facto administration of Tskhinvali is closing the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) tomorrow due to the "inauguration” of de-facto president-elect Anatoly Bibilov scheduled this Saturday, April 21.
From tomorrow evening till Saturday morning, people will be temporarily deprived of the right to use the crossing-point "due to strengthened security measures".
Illegal presidential elections were held in Russian occupied Tskhinvali on April 9 accompanied by a referendum on changing Tskhinvali region’s name to ‘the Republic of South Ossetia – the State of Alania”.
Both acts have been denounced by Tbilisi and its international partners.
- Estonia, Ukraine denounce illegal elections, referendum in occupied Tskhinvali
- NATO condemns illegitimate elections, referendum in Georgia’s occupied territories
- Lithuania doesn’t recognise so-called elections, referendum in breakaway Tskhinvali region
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said earlier that any so-called elections or referendum in the occupied territories of Georgia are illegal and cannot have any legal effect.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia condemns the so-called presidential elections and referendum that are being held today in occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says that any so-called elections or referendum in the occupied territories of Georgia are illegal and cannot have any legal effect.
The EU does not recognise the legitimacy of the "presidential elections" and "referendum" planned for tomorrow in Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.
Locals of the Russian occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) cannot use the crossing-point between the breakaway region and the rest of Georgia for three days.
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