Georgian FM raises occupation issue at meetings with CoE, OSCE secretary generals
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger in New York on September 24. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has pushed forward the issue of the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali and the current situation at the occupation line at his meetings with Secretary General of the Council of Europe Marija Pejcinovic Buric and OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger.
Both meetings were held on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
The CoE Secretary General has expressed her concern regarding the current, tense situation at the occupation line and stated that there was a need to adopt an integrated and an analyses-based approach to solve the issue,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry reports.
Had interesting discussion with Secretary General @coe Once again wish her success. ???????? is fully committed to t/values of CoE and continue active preparatory works 4 t/Chairmanship. Ongoing situation in t/occupied regions of Georgia was discussed. pic.twitter.com/aqCMq68Fck
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) September 24, 2019
Buric, who held her first meeting with Zalkaliani, welcomed Georgia’s forthcoming chairmanship of the CoE Committee of Ministers.
Zalkaliani stated that Georgia’s chairmanship will be focused on strengthening democracy, the rule of law and human rights.
The ongoing creeping occupation on the Georgian territory, the closure of so-called checkpoints, the increasing number of kidnappings of civilians, the deployment of an illegal post on Tbilisi-administered territory were on top of the agenda during Zalkaliani’s meeting with Greminger.