US condemns ratification of Russia-Tskhinvali military deal
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The United States (US) condemns the Russian Federation’s ratification of an agreement with the de-facto leaders in Georgia’s breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) that envisages the creation of joint military troops between Russia and the occupied region.
The United States’ position on Abkhazia and South Ossetia is unwavering: The United States fully supports Georgia’s territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders", the US Department of State said.
Discouraging Russia's violations of Georgian sovereignty, the US views ratification of this agreement as inconsistent with the principles underlying the Geneva International Discussions, to which Russia is a participant.
We do not recognize the legitimacy of this so-called "treaty,” which does not constitute a valid international agreement”, it further noted.
The United States urges Russia to withdraw its forces to pre-war positions per the 2008 ceasefire agreement and reverse its recognition of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent states.
Russia’s legislative body, the state Duma, ratified an illegal military deal between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region of Tskhinvali on Wednesday, January 24.
Condemning the ratification of the unlawful military deal, Georgian Foreign Ministry also said earlier this week that this is "yet another illegal step forward to the factual annexation of Georgian regions”.
The Russian Federation continues its military occupation and illegal militarisation of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), thus destabilising the situation in the entire region and violating the fundamental rights of the local population, Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Dondua said.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry strongly condemns the ratification of an illegal military deal between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) that envisages the creation of joint military troops between Russia and the occupied region.
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The OSCE Permanent Council and the Council of Europe’s (CoE) ministers’ deputies condemn Russia’s recent illegal steps in the occupied regions of Georgia - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). The parties agree that relevant measures need to be taken against Russia’s illegal steps in Georgia’s Russian occupied regions.
International pressure should be more strongly applied against Russia, says the Georgian President’s International Secretary Tengiz Pkhaladze. Pkhaladze also condemned the illegal military deal between Russia and Tskhinvali that envisages the creation of a joint military force.
The Government of Georgia has demanded "clear and comprehensive information” on the death of Georgian citizen Archil Tatunashvili in the country’s occupied Tskhinvali region today.
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze says that the humanitarian situation in the Georgian breakaway regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), which are now occupied by Russia, is equal to a humanitarian catastrophe.