Lithuanian president on Russian aggression in Georgia in UNGA speech: ‘our duty is to hold the aggressor accountable’
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda says that Russia must be held accountable for its illegal actions in Georgia. Photo: Gitanas Nauseda’s Twitter page.
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Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has condemned the Russian occupation of Georgian territories and the country’s illegal actions in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York yesterday.
Nauseda stated that the international community is witnessing a ‘worsening human rights and security situation’ in the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia which are currently under Russian control.
Aggressive actions of the occupying forces, such as ‘borderisation’, movement restrictions and illegal detentions, are hindering the lives of the local people. Our duty is to make the aggressor accountable,” Nauseda said.
Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili, who is scheduled to deliver his speech at the UNGA session on September 24, will raise the issue of the occupation as well.
Russia recognised Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states following the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Since then only Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria have joined Russia in the recognition, while the rest of the international community call upon the country to leave the Georgian territories.
The recent judgement of the European Court of Human Rights shifted the whole responsibility onto Russia for human rights violations in the regions, saying that ‘Russia exercises effective control’ of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz have discussed Georgia’s role in recent evacuations from Afghanistan and bilateral relations ahead of a meeting dedicated to Afghanistan issues on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 76th session in New York late yesterday. Garibashvili said that Tbilisi International Airport has become a transit hub for evacuating coalition forces from Afghanistan, receiving more than 250 flights since the Taliban took Kabul.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. PM Garibashvili will address the UNGA on September 24. On the sidelines of the 76th UNGA session PM Garibashvili is holding meetings with foreign counterparts.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will deliver a speech at the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York on September 24 in which he will make a special focus on the challenges Georgia and the whole region face, Georgian FM David Zalkaliani stated earlier today. Garibashvili will visit the US between September 20-25 and will also hold high level meetings on the sidelines of the international event, Zalkaliani said.
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Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is launching a new program for Georgian studies on the initiative of Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili which is ‘historic’ both for Georgia and the US, Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli stated yesterday, during a ceremony dedicated to the event in the US. Chkhenkeli said that the programme is ‘unique’ in the history of the US.
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