NATO supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia
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Syria’s decision will not affect the broad international understanding that South Ossetia and Abkhazia are part of Georgia, reads a statement released by NATO Spokesperson Oana Lungescu last night.
"The South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions are part of Georgia. NATO continues to call on Russia to reverse its recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions of Georgia and to withdraw its forces from Georgia. All NATO Allies support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders,” reads the statement in which NATO encourages all parties of the Geneva talks to engage constructively and pursue peaceful conflict resolution on the internationally recognised territory of Georgia.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria released an official statement yesterday recognising the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions as independent.
Georgia is responding with measures to cut diplomatic relations with the Syrian Arab Republic.
Georgia has already started procedures to break off diplomatic relations with the Syrian Arab Republic. The decision came after Syria officially recognised the independence of the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions.
Georgia has started procedures to cut diplomatic relations with the Syrian Arab Republic, announces the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia. The decision came after Syria officially recognised the independence of occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria has released an official statement regarding the recognition of occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions.
Georgia has strongly condemned the recent visit of Syrian lawmakers to the country’s western occupied Abkhazia region.
"In terms of the news [as to] why Syria has now recognised Abkhazia and South Ossetia, this isn’t a complete surprise to us simply because Bashar al-Assad is propped up by the Russian regime”, the spokesperson of the US State Department Heather Nauert said during a press briefing on May 29.
The European Union and European countries and leaders have strongly condemned the recognition of Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as independent republics by the Syrian government. The official statement of the EU reads that the decision of the Syrian regime violates international law and the principle of territorial integrity
The recognition of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as independent countries has been raised and condemned at today’s UN Security Council meeting and at the UN General Assembly.
the British Government reiterates its "full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia” and to UN Security Council Resolution 1808 which reaffirms the commitment of all Member States to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
The Turkish Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hami Aksoy has condemned the recognition of the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as independent republics and evaluated the case as a blatant violation of international law.
In its statement the MFA of Finland fully aligns with the EU statement on the establishment of diplomatic relations between Syria and Georgian territories of Abkhazia and South Ossetia currently occupied by Russia.
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Kerstin Lundgren (Sweden, ALDE) and Titus Corlatean (Romania, SOC), strongly condemned the recognition by the Syrian authorities of the Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
Global Affairs Canada issued the statement today regarding Syria’s recognition of Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia currently occupied by Russia.
Georgian defence and security experts and their international partners are hosting a conference in Tbilisi on the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package initiative.
'Syria's decision to recognise the breakaway regions of Georgia is a violation of international law. Norway will maintain its support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity,' said the State Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Audun Halvorsen.
The high representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini and more than thirty European Parliament members from eight different political groups took part in discussions on Russian aggression in Georgia yesterday.
Syrian President Bashar Assad met with the de-facto president of Georgia’s Russia-occupied region of Abkhazia Aslan Bzhania, at which the former said ‘Syria has supported and will always support the Abkhaz people and their sovereignty.’