Georgian parliament adopts resolution on de-occupation, de facto Abkhazia responds
The Georgian parliament has urged the international community to effectively support Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity to make Russia withdraw its forces from Georgian territory. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Georgian parliament has adopted a resolution on de-occupation and peaceful resolution of territorial conflicts to once again urge Russia to withdraw its forces from Georgian territory and request stronger support from the international community.
The de facto government of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region has responded to the resolution which was adopted yesterday with 91 votes, saying it is ‘far removed from reality.’
The de facto authorities state that the Georgian government is trying to portray ‘the Georgian-Abkhaz conflict as a Russian-Georgian conflict.’
Through adopting the resolution the 10th convocation of the Georgian parliament reaffirmed that occupation is the country’s major challenge and that the peaceful de-occupation of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions is the ‘key priority.’
Today @Geoparliament passed a cross-party supported Resolution on de-occupation & peaceful conflict resolution of Russian occupation of #Georgian territories. Resolution appeals to int. community to keep supporting ????????’s territorial integrity & its ???????? & Euro-Atlantic aspirations! pic.twitter.com/ZHSxAd7FYQ
— Kakha Kuchava (@kkuchava) August 2, 2021
Russia recognised the regions as independent republics after the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Since then only Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have joined Russia in the decision, while the rest of the international community is unanimous that Abkhazia and Tskhinvali are integral parts of Georgia.
Russia claims that it ‘protected’ the people living in the ‘republics’ and that the ‘countries’ are run by their ‘governments.’
However, the recent judgment of the European Court of Human Rights cites Russia as the country which is exercising ‘effective control’ over the regions.