Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker: US Congress has passed vitally important bills for Georgia
Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili participated in a political discussion at George Washington University. Photo: Parliament’s press office.
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Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Tamar Chugoshvili has stated that the US Congress has made several, vitally important decisions for Georgia.
Participating in a discussion at the George Washington Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Chugoshvili mentioned a bill adopted by Congress in 2017 which bans US support for states which have recognised or will recognise the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) as independent republics.
Chugoshvili also spoke about the recently adopted supportive act by the House of Representatives of the US Congress, which provides sanctions against individuals who have violated the rights of Georgian citizens in the occupied regions since 1991.
Russia is trying to isolate the Georgian occupied regions through the erection of new barriers and the closure of so-called borders,” Chugoshvili said.
Chugoshvili expressed hope that very soon Venezuela will join the countries which recognise the territorial integrity of Georgia.
Only Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have recognised the Georgian occupied regions as independent republics since the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker says that it is very likely that US support for Georgia will increase in the future.
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill which not only condemns the occupation of Georgian lands but also provides sanctions against those who violate human rights in the two Russian-occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
The resolution - Affirming United States support to the nations of Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova in their effort to retain political sovereignty and territorial integrity - has been co-sponsored by eight other congressmen from the Republican and Democratic parties.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze said the United States President Donald Trump’s signing a legislative act banning the US government from financially helping countries that recognise the independence of Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions is unprecedented example of support for Georgia.
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