OSCE condemns ‘elections’ conducted in Russia-occupied Tskhinvali region
The Hofburg in Vienna is home to the OSCE's main regular decision-making body, the Permanent Council. Photo:OSCE.
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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.
The speakers of the OSCE Group of Friends of Georgia unanimously stated the ‘elections’ and their results are illegal given they are against the principles of international law.
The occupation line with Tskhinvali region. Photo:Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
They said the illegal actions represent an obstacle for the peaceful resolution of the conflict.
The OSCE member states showed support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and called on Russia to fulfill the Ceasefire Agreement signed on August 12, 2008.
On June 10, the US embassy to Georgia stated the US does not recognize the legitimacy of the so-called parliamentary elections held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The de-facto leadership of Tskhinvali closed the crossing-points connecting with the rest of Georgia on June 8-11 for alleged security reasons.
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 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.
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.
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.