State Security Service: Inaccurate terms for 'borderisation' damage state’s effort for de-occupation, trigger fear
Civic activist David Katsarava recently reported that the occupying forces have resumed 'borderisation' adjacent to the Goraka village in Kaspi municipality moving100 kms into the Tbilisi-controlled territory. Photo: David Katsarava/Facebook
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The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia says that the first signs of illegal 'borderisation' - which is an outcome of the Russian occupation - were detected back in 2009, while the illegal process has been actively underway since 2011.
The SSS released a statement earlier today in response to the media reports about the resumed 'borderisation' adjacent to Goraka village in Kaspi Municipality.
Using inaccurate terms (e.g.: zone of fear, border, moving of the border) in the course of discussing the occupation and so-called illegal 'borderisation' damages the state’s effort directed at de-occupation and triggers fear and feeling of insecurity among the local residents”, the statement reads.
It also notes that the State Security Service identifies each illegal activity, activates the hotline and informs the EU Monitoring Mission of the incidents.
Moreover, the SSS says such cases are the major issues on the agenda of the Geneva International Discussions and its Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meetings.
The length of the occupation line in occupied Abkhazia region is 149 kms, while in occupied Tskhinvali region is more than 350 kms. The representatives of the Russian occupation regime carry out illegal process of so-called illegal 'borderisation' in both directions on various segments of the occupation line from time to time”, the SSS said.
The State Security Service also underscores that the Russian Federation is fully responsible both for the 'borderisation', as well as other illegal activities carried out in the occupied territories of Georgia.
Russia recognised the independence of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Only Nicaragua, Venezuela, Nauru and Syria have joined in Russia's recognition, while the rest of the international community condemns Russia's violation of Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty.
A number of foriegn officials have condemned resumption of “borderisation” activities near the village of Takhtisdziri close to the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. The co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions as well as the United States and the European Union have also condemned “borderisation” activities near the village of Takhtisdziri.
The co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions (GID) from the European Union, United Nations and the OSCE, Toivo Klaar, Cihan Sultanoglu and Rudolf Michalka condemn “borderisation” activities near the village of Takhtisdziri close to the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The United States is “deeply troubled” by reports that Russian-led security forces have resumed aggressive "borderization" activities near the village of Takhtisdziri close to the Russia-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. The European Union Ambassador to Georgia Carl Hartzell also stated that “borderisation” is “completely unacceptable”.
The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a recent news briefing that on the eleventh anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, “Georgian and Western media and politicians are again trying to play the ‘borderisation’ card”.
Georgian citizen Alan Japaridze has been released from the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali prison after a four-month detention. Japaridze, who received a one-year conditional sentence by the de facto Supreme Court, was handed over to the Georgian authorities at the Ergneti village near the occupied Tskhinvali yesterday.
Russian occupation forces carried out illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near central Georgia’s Kareli municipality village of Dvani, installing metal poles and wires in the area, the state security service of Georgia said on Friday.