Georgian occupied Tskhinvali region eager to open Damascus “embassy”
Syria recognised Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region as an independent republic last year. Photo:AP.
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The Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has plans to open a so-called embassy in Damascus Syria, after the latter became the fifth worldwide to recognise Tskhinvali as an independent state in May 2018.
We are eager to strengthen political and economic ties with Syria,” de facto President of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) Anatoly Bibilov stated at a business forum being held in the occupied Crimea of Ukraine, organised by Russia, Tskhinvali media reports.
Bibilov and the members of the Syrian government mentioned obstacles for economic partnership related to “customs issues,” however, vowed they would be overcome.
Only Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have recognised the two occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as independent states in the wake of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
The central Georgian government suspended diplomatic ties with Syria immediately after it recognised the occupied regions as independent republics.
The international community condemned the step by Syria and stated that the decision was influenced by Russia.
The de facto leadership of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region of Georgia is restricting the procedure of so called border crossing with the rest of Georgia.
The US state department has included Syria in a list of countries that recognise the independence of occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions, therefore Syria will no longer be eligible to receive US funding, an official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia says.
Two polish citizens detained by so-called South Ossetian border guards in the Java district for allegedly violating the so-called state border between Georgia and South Ossetia on 1 September have now been released.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Syria has released an official statement regarding the recognition of occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili has called on the CBS television channel to change its reference to Georgia's occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as a "Russian province" for an upcoming episode of the NCIS: New Orleans drama series.
Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region will open an embassy in Syria on October 6, the de facto leadership of the occupied region has reported.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has condemned the opening of a so-called embassy of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in Damascus, Syria today, stating that both the recognition of Georgia’s occupied regions as independent states by Syria and the opening of the ‘embassy’ took place because of Russian pressure.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has condemned the opening of a so-called embassy of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in Syria as a ‘gross violation of international law’. She further added that Syria’s violation of Georgia’s territorial integrity 'has been and will continue to be condemned by the international community'.