Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman says ‘borderisation’ in Georgia 'a myth'
Maria Zakharova said Russian border guards are stationed “in the Republic of South Ossetia” to protect the “state border”. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a recent news briefing that on the eleventh anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, “Georgian and Western media and politicians are again trying to play the ‘borderisation’ card”.
Artificial frenzy over the alleged violations on the South Ossetian-Georgian border is once again being created. A myth is being spread on the shifting of the border by Russians and South Ossetians and their movement inside Georgian territory”, Zakharova stated on August 9.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry reported earlier that occupation forces started erecting a so-called border in the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Maria Zakharova speaks of 'borderisation' in Georgia. Photo: Russian Foreign Ministry/Twitter
Zakharova said Russian border guards, who are stationed “in the Republic of South Ossetia” to protect the “state border”, “are not engaged in any activities on the border between the two countries”.
Border arrangements are carried out as planned by South Ossetia and are designed to create conditions for the safe and conflict-free life of the population of the two neighbouring countries. Such measures are primarily aimed at eliminating the many incidents linked with the unintentional violations of the border“, she said.
Zakharova further stated that “the people who found themselves on the wrong sides of the border after the August 2008 events are not guilty of anything and have the right to live in comprehensive and predictable conditions. This is the goal of marking the border on the ground”.
Russia recognised the independence of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Only Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria have joined in Russia's recognition, while the rest of the international community condemns Russia's violation of Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
The Russian Embassy to the United States said in a statement put out yesterday that Russia “came to the rescue” of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and “prevented an act of genocide”. The statement comes in response to the Department of State, which has promised on the eleventh anniversary of the Russia-Georgia war of August 8 that the US “will not stop working until Russia ends its occupation of sovereign Georgian territory”.
The permanent representatives of Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Poland, the United Kingdom and the United States to the United Nations have released a joint statement on the eleventh anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war following a UN Security Council session.
The United States “will not stop working until Russia ends its occupation of sovereign Georgian territory”, the US Department of State Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus said at a news briefing last night.
The occupation forces have started erecting a so-called border in the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality, which is located near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. The work has been in progress since August 7.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia met with foreign diplomats today to discuss the erection of artificial barriers in the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality, and its impact on the local population. Darsalia said such “destructive steps” negatively affect the humanitarian and security situation of people living near the occupation line.
Georgian Foreign Ministry has called the recent statements of the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova on the situation in occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions “cynical”.
Officials and politicians in Georgia have assessed the recent meeting of the Georgian and Russian Foreign Ministers in New York, which is the first since Georgia suspended its diplomatic ties with Russia following the Russia-Georgia war in 2008.
Occupying forces have resumed ‘borderisation’ along the village of Khurvaleti close to Georgia’s Russia-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), the State Security Service of Georgia has reported.
The State Security Service of Georgia has announced that Russian occupying forces have set up artificial barriers near the village of Ghogheti in Kareli Municipality on the Russian-occupied area.
The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia says that the first signs of illegal 'borderisation' - which is an outcome of the Russian occupation - were detected back in 2009, while the illegal process has been actively underway since 2011.