Lithuania enacts restrictions for individuals who violate the rights of Georgians in occupied regions
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The Georgian Foreign Ministry says that Lithuania has set migration restrictions for people who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) since the 1990s.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry says that the decision has already been made as the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry has tasked the country’s migration service to do so.
The Parliament of Georgia supported the creation of the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list in March this year, which will include people who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the country’s occupied territories.
33 individuals have been put onto the list - the number is expected to rise.
Otkhozoria and Tatunashvili are the surnames of Georgian nationals who were killed in the Georgian breakaway territories in 2016 and 2018.
A de facto lawmaker of the Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region Petre Gasiev says that the de facto legislative body of the breakaway area is drafting a list which will include Georgian, American , Ukrainian and other nationals who have violated the rights of Ossetians since 1992.
The Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze stated today that 33 individuals have been put on the Otkhozoria-Tatunashvili list, which includes people who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the country’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.Bakhtadze says that the number is expected to rise in the future.
Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, who died in unclear circumstances in occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on February 23, will be buried in his village cemetery on Saturday.
Tatunashvili’s body was finally returned to his family 26 days after his death as the de-facto Tskhinvali administration had refused to hand it over before an autopsy.
The parliament of Georgia has adopted a joint resolution on the case of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili, who was reported dead in unclear circumstances in occupied Tskhinvali on 23 February. The resolution condemns Russia’s actions in the occupied territories of Georgia, makes a series of demands on Russia and envisages the creation of a sanctions list of individuals who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the occupied regions of Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held high-level meetings in Lithuania to further enhance political, economic, trade and other ties between the nations which cooperate closely for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration.