Canadian FM: ‘We will continue to work to hold Russia to account for its deplorable and unlawful behaviour’
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Canada Chrystia Freeland says in her statement on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war that Canada will continue to work with its international partners to hold Russia accountable for its ‘deplorable and unlawful behaviour’.
In the 10 years since the tragic war between Russia and Georgia, more than 100,000 Georgians remain displaced and thousands continue to live under Russian occupation. Russia’s continued occupation of South Ossetia and Abkhazia violates international law and infringes on Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Residents in the occupied regions and along the line of contact continue to suffer as the victims of crimes and human rights violations, including kidnappings, restricted movement and extrajudicial killings.
Russia must abide by its obligations under the Ceasefire Agreement of August 12, 2008, and the Agreement on Implementing Measures of September 8, 2008 in order to reach a peaceful and sustainable solution to this conflict. We also call on Russia to allow the European Union Monitoring Mission access to the Georgian territories in which it exercises de-facto control.
Canada welcomes the Government of Georgia’s new peace initiative, ‘A Step to a Better Future’, directed at improving the humanitarian and socio-economic conditions of residents in Georgia’s Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions.
Canada has been unequivocal in our condemnation of Russia’s pattern of unacceptable international behaviour. We will continue to work with our international partners to hold Russia to account for its deplorable and unlawful behaviour”, read the statement.
The US Embassy to Georgia says in its statement on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war that Georgians displaced by the war have never been able to return to their homes, and residents of the occupied territories have been cut off from the country’s remarkable economic and political progress of the past decade.
The European Union wrote in its official statement today that on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, the union remains committed to a peaceful resolution of conflict as strongly as ever.
Several high-ranking guests from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine will arrive in Georgia today to participate in events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Foreign Ministers of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, vice prime ministers of Ukraine and Estonia will visit Khurvaleti village tomorrow, at the occupation line between Georgia and its occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
"Lithuania stands by Georgia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius said in Georgian in his video address released today that was devoted to 10 years since the Georgian-Russian war.
On the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war the office of the United Nations Secretary-General has released a statement, in which the Secretary-General recalls the necessity of resolving this and other protracted conflicts in Europe.
The Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic declares that the Slovak Republic continuously supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognises borders and its Euro-Atlantic aspirations
The United States Secretary of State Michael Pompeo reiterated strong support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty during yesterday’s telephone conversation with Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili.
The Foreign Ministries of Germany, Japan and Denmark joined the world countries which have commemorated the Russia-Georgia 2008 war and condemned Russia’s illegal actions on historic Georgian lands.The German Foreign Ministry reports that the Federal Republic of Germany supports Georgia’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
A UK citizen and former employee of the Russian media outlet Russia Today broke into the Georgian Embassy to UK yesterday, during the exhibition of Georgian painter Gia Bugadze, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war.
The United Nations Security Council has discussed the situation in the occupied territories of Georgia and a conflict resolution at a closed meeting held on August 8, 2018, under the chairmanship of Great Britain, announces Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has called upon Russia to withdraw its forces from historic Georgian lands while making a statement on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war. Bakhtadze also stated that Russian aggression, the occupation of Georgian territories, human losses, tens of thousands of refugees and internally displaced people "are open wounds” for every single citizen of Georgia.