UPDATED: Occupation forces resume ‘border’ erection in Gugutiantkari
The Russian occupation forces started the 'border' erection on August 7. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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The Russian occupation forces have returned to the village of Gugutiantkari in Gori Municipality and continue to erect a so-called ‘border’ started on August 7.
They added 15 metal posts and went away.
Gori Municipality Mayor Konstantine Tavzarashvili visited the area and stated all state agencies are working to stop the illegal ‘borderisation’ process.
Borderisation is against all international standards and affects local residents,” said.
Konstantine Tavzarashvili has also said the EUMM has been notified about an irrigation water reservoir that ended up beyond the new ‘border’.
The EUMM has been notified, the hotline has been activated,” he said.
The 'border' posts erected by the Russian occupation forces on August 7. Photo: Erik Hoeg/Twitter.
Everything is being done to make sure the eight Georgian citizens that were abducted several days ago are released quickly”, Tavzarashvili added.
NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs and NATO Secretary General’s Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia James Appathurai has responded to the 'border' erection and stated all this is illegal.
Seven Georgian citizens were detained near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region for “illegally crossing the border” on August 17. Later, the detention of another Georgian took place on August 18.
Earlier on August 7, Russian occupation forces erected ‘border’ posts and left the area. Afterwards, on August 14, they resumed working and installed barbed wire on the posts.
As a result, two residential houses and an irrigation water reservoir ended up beyond the newly-erected occupation line.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry is concerned by reports that the locals of the village of Akhalubani, in Gori Municipality, have been kidnapped near occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) yesterday. It, therefore, calls on the international community to take “effective measures to stop illegal activities of the occupation forces”.
Seven Georgian citizens have been detained near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region for “illegally crossing the border” today. All of them are the locals of the village of Akhalubani, Gori Municipality.
Ambassadors of different countries to Georgia unanimously condemn the creeping occupation of Georgia by Russia and call on Russian President Vladimir Putin to withdraw troops from Georgia. The ambassadors of Austria, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Israel, Brazil and Japan have visited the village of Gugutiantkari, Gori Municipality today to observe the illegal ‘borderisation’ Russian occupants have been carrying out since August 7.
Two residential houses have ended up beyond the new so-called border that Russian occupants erected in the village of Gugutiantkari, Gori Municipality yesterday though Russian troops have not continued working at the scene yet.
Russian occupation forces have reappeared in the vicinity of the recently erected ‘border’ at Gori Municipality, in the village of Gugutiantkari. They resumed working after they took photos of the EUMM observers and Georgian officials that are on the other side of the occupation line.
Eight Georgian citizens who were detained near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region for “illegally crossing the border” on August 17 and 18 have been released. The Georgian Interior Ministry official Vazha Siradze said all of them feel safe and will soon return to their families.
“The erection of fences by de-facto authorities of South Ossetia backed by Russian border guards in the vicinity of Gugutiantkari village hinders freedom of movement and will deprive people from the local area from accessing orchards and water resources”, the European Union Delegation to Georgia stated.
Russian occupation forces have resumed work on a so-called ‘border’ they have erected in the village of Gugutiantkari in Gori Municipality. They are currently fortifying the so-called border. Dozens of border posts have been erected by occupation forces since August 7, when the work first began.
A Russian SUS aircraft violated Georgian airspace at about 12:00 near the village of Gugutiantkari today. The State Security Service of Georgia has confirmed the violation and stated the move is ‘yet another provocation by Russia.’
The United States calls on Russia to suspend its illegal occupation of Georgian territory, the US Department of State Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus stated at a press conference yesterday. She said the US is “troubled by reports that Russian-backed de-facto authorities have resumed the installation of fencing on Georgian territory.”
Russian occupation forces have appeared near the village of Chorchana, Khashuri Municipality today. The village is located in the vicinity of the Russia - occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. The State Security Service of Georgia reports that military equipment of the occupation forces has been detected moving in the area.
Four American senators have written to president Trump urging him not to consider readmitting Russia in G7 intergovernmental economic organisation and citing the ongoing occupation of two Georgian regions by Russian troops for their stance.
The de facto State Security Committee of Georgia’s eastern Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region has announced a temporary closure of the so-called border with Georgia between September 4-6.
Foreign diplomats and experts, attending the fifth Tbilisi International Conference- Now What?, have visited the occupation line in the village of Odzisi before the opening of the two-day conference earlier today.It is possible to see the Russian base located in the village of Akhmaji from Odzisi.
Occupying forces illegally detained a Georgian citizen from the vicinity of the village of Gugutiantkari, in Gori Municipality close to occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region yesterday, the State Security Service of Georgia has announced.