Ukraine, Czech Republic do not recognise ‘elections’ in Tskhinvali
Russia recognised two Georgian regions of Tskhinvali and Abkhazia as independent states after a military armed conflict with Georgia in 2008. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine “strongly condemns the holding and does not recognise the results" of so-called parliamentary elections in Georgia’s Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali.
Ukraine considers this step as another attempt by Russia and its occupation regime to legitimise the situation in this occupied territory of Georgia, including as a result of "ethnic cleansing" and numerous other systematic gross violations of human rights”, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stated.
It also reaffirmed Ukraine's "consistent support" for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and welcomed the peaceful steps taken by the Government of Georgia “aimed at the reconciliation between Georgians and Ossetians”.
The Czech Foreign Ministry also expressed concern about the developments in both of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions - Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. It also reiterated its “full support” for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs would like to emphasise that it recognises neither the so-called parliamentary elections to be held in South Ossetia on June 9, 2019, nor the so-called presidential elections in Abkhazia to be held on August 25, 2019. → https://t.co/AlVes5u0JX
— Czech MFA (@CzechMFA) June 7, 2019
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia also denounced “parliamentary elections” in Tskhinvali in their earlier statements.
- Russia recognised two Georgian regions of Tskhinvali and Abkhazia as independent states after a military armed conflict with Georgia in 2008.
- As of today, only Russia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria recognise the two regions as independent.
Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia do not recognise “parliamentary elections” in one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). The foreign ministries of the three Baltic states also reaffirmed their support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs denounced today’s “parliamentary elections” in occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia), which “blatantly violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders”.
The de-facto leadership of one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has temporarily closed the crossing-points connecting with the rest of Georgia. Crossing-points will be temporarily banned from 6 a.m. June 8 and will be lifted on 6 a.m. June 11.
The US does not recognise the legitimacy of the so-called parliamentary elections held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, conducted on June 9.
The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) for the monitoring of Georgia, Titus Corlatean and Claude Kernm, say that the June 9 so-called parliamentary elections in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region were “neither legitimate nor legal.”
Corlatean and Kern say that the “elections” hinder the peaceful settlement of the conflict and instead of uniting people they only drive them further apart.
The European Union does not recognise recent “parliamentary elections” in one of Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). Spokesperson Maja Kocijančič reiterated the EU’s position that it supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia as recognised by international law.
The so-called parliamentary elections conducted in occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia on June 9 were discussed and condemned at the OSCE Permanent Council Session. The Georgian delegation provided the council with information on the illegal elections.
Germany has condemned the so-called parliamentary elections conducted on June 9 in Georgia’s occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), the Georgian Foreign Ministry reports.
The candidates of the Georgian Dream ruling party have won the city assembly by elections conducted in the Lagodekhi, Adigeni and Martvili municipalities of Georgia yesterday, the Georgian Central Election Commission (CEC) says.