UK expresses support for Georgia in the face of 'continued borderisation’ activities by Russia
The UK reiterated unwavering support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The UK has expressed support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity as Russia doubled its occupation efforts during the coronavirus pandemic.
Today in @coe Committee of Ministers, the ???????? reiterated unwavering support for ???????? #Georgia‘s sovereignty & territorial integrity in the face of continued ‘borderisation’ activities by Russia and de facto authorities of the breakaway regions of Abkhazia & South Ossetia. pic.twitter.com/KaI0b6kfkd
— UK Delegation to CoE (@UKDelCoE) June 10, 2020
The US Department of State has also condemned Russia's redoubled efforts of ‘borderisation’ amid pandemic.
Earlier the US embassy to Georgia condemned Russia’s actions along the occupation line, stating that “over the past several weeks, the Russian-led security forces have erected unauthorised fences and reinforced existing illegal ‘borderisation’ efforts near 12 separate Georgian villages.”
The Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the OSCE has condemned the illegal ‘borderisation’ activities of Russia and its proxies in Georgia.“Those activities, lately reinforced under the smoke screen of COVID-19 pandemic, are totally unacceptable and must stop immediately”, it stated.
The US Department of State has condemned Russia's redoubled efforts of ‘borderisation’ amid pandemic.
United States Ambassador to the OSCE James Gilmore said in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council earlier today that ‘there is no territory of South Ossetia’ as many refer to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said in response to his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov that the Georgian legislation does not consider having trade representations of foreign countries.