Resolution supporting Georgia put forward to US congress
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A bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States support for Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova has been introduced to the US Congress by Republican Congressman Ted Poe of Texas on June 20.
The resolution - Affirming United States support to the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova in their effort to retain political sovereignty and territorial integrity - has been co-sponsored by eight other congressmen from the Republican and Democratic parties.
The resolution was introduced in anticipation of the visit of the parliamentary speakers of the three countries planned next week in Washington D.C.
"The introduced document calls for all personnel and equipment belonging to Russian security and armed forces to immediately withdraw from the sovereign territory of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova, as well as calls for the Russian Federation to cease its destabilizing activities in Transnistria in Moldova, South Ossetia and Abkhazia in Georgia, and the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine, as well as to terminate its forcible and illegal annexation of Crimea, and calls on the United States Government, United States allies in Europe, the United Nations, and international partners to continue to pressure the Government of the Russian Federation to uphold its international obligations,” reads the information released by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs today.
The resolution once again highlights that the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, one-fifth of Georgia’s sovereign territory, remain under Russian occupation since the aftermath of Russia’s August 2008 invasion of Georgia.
The resolution needs to be voted on by the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs. In case of approval the next voting will be held at the plenary session of the US congress.
The US Congress has initiated a resolution dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
During his official US visit Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili met with several US senators who expressed their firm support for Georgia's further development and success on the road to NATO membership.
The European Parliament today adopted a resolution supporting Georgia’s territorial integrity and condemning Russia’s occupation of historic territories of Georgia. The resolution text, approved 10 years after the Russian invasion, reads that the EU strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.
The UN General Assembly has once again adopted the Resolution on the Status of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees from Abkhazia, Georgia and the Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia, Georgia” yesterday in New York City.
The bi-partisan Georgia Support Act has been introduced to US Congress by Co-Chairmen of the Georgia Caucus Congressmen Ted Poe and Gerald Connolly on June 26. The legislation reasserts the United States’ support for Georgia’s sovereignty and opposition to the "forceful and illegal Russian invasion of Abkhazia and Tskhinivali region/South Ossetia."
A resolution 'On Security Challenges in EaP States and Enhancement of EU Role in Regulation thereof' has been adopted at the ordinary session of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which not only condemns the occupation of Georgian lands but also provides sanctions against those who violate human rights in the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The resolution reads that Russia’s war in Georgia, as well as its illegal occupation of the two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) since 2008, its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014, its involvement in the conflict in eastern Ukraine since 2014 and its continued military activities along NATO’s eastern flank “have given rise to concerns about its intentions in Central and Eastern Europe, but also elsewhere around the world.”
Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili has stated that the US Congress has made several, vitally important decisions for Georgia.