EUMM reports new fencing installed by occupation forces in Atotsi village
The occupation forces first put up barbed wire fences in the village of Atotsi in February 2014. Photo: Tabula.
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The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM) has reported that they have observed “new fencing being installed” in the Village of Atotsi, Kareli municipality, by occupation forces, “creating additional barriers to the freedom of movement for the conflict affected population”.
The EUMM has not observed any notable difference in posture or patrolling patterns of security actors from [Russian-controlled] Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) on the ground compared to the recent past. We assess the security situation on that particular stretch of the administrative boundary line to be relatively stable presently,” the EUMM said.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry condemned the continued erection of barbed wire fences and other artificial barriers in the village of Atotsi, near the occupied Tskhinvali region, on October 19.
The actions of the occupation forces represent a deliberate provocation that aims at destabilising the situation on the ground,” the ministry said.
Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia stated on October 20 that the actions of the occupying forces are “unacceptable.”
Occupying forces have detained a cleric, Father David Durglishvili, near the village of Nikozi, next to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region of Georgia. The illegal detention took place yesterday evening, when occupying forces claim the cleric “illegally crossed the [so-called] border”.
Giorgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia said the continued “borderisation” in the village of Atotsi in Kareli Municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, is “unacceptable”.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry condemns the continued erection of barbed wire fences and other artificial barriers in the village of Atotsi in Kareli Municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The European Union Monitoring Mission (EUMM), the only international monitoring presence in Georgian [with no access to occupied regions] has confirmed that “significant borderisation activities have been taking place in the area of the Georgian villages of Atotsi (Balta) since early November 2018.”