Georgia condemns opening of so-called embassy of Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in Syria
The Georgian Foreign Ministry has responded to the opening of an ‘Abkhaz embassy’ in Syria. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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The Georgian Foreign Ministry has condemned the opening of a so-called embassy of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in Damascus, Syria today, stating that both the recognition of Georgia’s occupied regions as independent states by Syria and the opening of the ‘embassy’ took place because of Russian pressure.
Opening the so-called embassy is a continuation of the illegal decisions the Assad regime made back in 2018 due to the Russian pressure, when Syria recognised the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry stated earlier today.
The ministry said that the international community and the Syrian opposition have strongly condemned the ‘illegitimate decision’ in 2018.
The ministry stated that when the ‘current unlawful regime in Syria comes to an end, the illegal decision will be reviewed as Syria will respect the international law.’
Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region will open an embassy in Syria on October 6, the de facto leadership of the occupied region has reported.
The Georgian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region has plans to open a so-called embassy in Damascus Syria, after the latter became the fifth worldwide to recognise Tskhinvali as an independent state in May 2018.
The de facto leadership of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region of Georgia is restricting the procedure of so called border crossing with the rest of Georgia.
The US state department has included Syria in a list of countries that recognise the independence of occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions, therefore Syria will no longer be eligible to receive US funding, an official statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia says.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has condemned the opening of a so-called embassy of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in Syria as a ‘gross violation of international law’. She further added that Syria’s violation of Georgia’s territorial integrity 'has been and will continue to be condemned by the international community'.