Deputy FM informs foreign diplomats of erection of artificial barriers in Gori Municipality
The Head of EUMM Erik Hoeg is also deeply concerned about continued ‘borderisation’ in Gugutiantkari. Photo: Erik Hoeg/Twitter
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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.
Gugutiantkari is located near one of the Russian occupied Georgian regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia). Therefore, Darsalia said such “destructive steps” negatively affect the humanitarian and security situation of people living near the occupation line.
At the meeting he noted importance of the "consolidated effort" of the international community to counter the "illegal processes" taking place along the occupation line.
On their part, the foreign diplomats again reiterated their support to Georgia’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and peace policy, the Georgian foreign ministry reported.
Below is the area in the village of Gugutiantkari, where illegal activities for erecting a so-called border by occupying forces were reported on August 7:
The occupation forces started erecting a so-called border in the village of Gugutiantkari on the eve of the eleventh anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war.
Barbed wires, installed by the occupying forces in the village of Khurvaleti are only 400 meters away from the central Georgian highway.
Occupation forces have resumed erecting a so-called border near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality, after a week-long pause. The work first began on August 7, when occupation forces installed posts for the further installation of barbed wires and stopped afterwards.
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”.
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.
The United State embassy to Georgia “is troubled by reports" that Russian-backed de-facto authorities have resumed the erection of fencing in the village of Gugutiantkari, Gori Municipality, near the Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).