Illegal detentions in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions in focus of Reconciliation Minister’s Parliament address
In her comments to MPs, representatives of the Temporary Parliamentary Commission of Restoration of Territorial Integrity, the Parliamentary Defence and Security Committee, and the legitimate Government of Abkhazia, Akhvlediani said eight Georgian citizens remained in illegal custody in both regions, adding the Ministry was working “on a daily basis” on the issue. Photo: Interpressnews.ge.
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Illegal detentions of Georgian citizens in Russian-occupied regions of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and Abkhazia, and mechanisms for a further implementation of human-centred policies were in focus of an address by Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, to the Parliament on Friday.
In her comments to MPs, representatives of the Temporary Parliamentary Commission of Restoration of Territorial Integrity, the Parliamentary Defence and Security Committee, and the legitimate Government of Abkhazia, Akhvlediani said eight Georgian citizens remained in illegal custody in both regions, adding the Ministry was working “on a daily basis” on the issue.
She also noted the Georgian Government would once again raise the question of release of the illegally arrested citizens at the upcoming Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Meeting, scheduled for June 7 in the village of Ergneti.
The Minister added her team was working to develop new approaches “in line with existing needs” of the population in the occupied regions, which would make policies “even more effective” and make “substantial progress” toward reconciling the communities on both sides of the administrative line marking the occupation.
The security, humanitarian and human rights situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) on the backdrop of Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine were in focus of a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, Lasha Darsalia, the Deputy Foreign Minister, and Ruslan Abashidze, the Chairman of the Government of the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia on Thursday.
The “difficult” humanitarian and legal situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, and a visiting delegation of Members of the European Parliament.
A total of seven Georgian citizens remain illegally imprisoned by the Russian occupation forces as of December 24, Georgian State Security Service (SSS) representative Giorgi Sabedashvili reported.
Georgia's new Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani and the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission Marek Szczygiel spoke of human rights violations in the two Russia-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) yesterday.
Levan Machabeli, a 35-year-old former Georgian servicemember who was illegally detained by the Russian occupation forces near the country's occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in March, was released late on Wednesday, the Georgian State Security Service said.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Thursday visited the central Shida Kartli region to discuss the needs of the conflict-affected population living near the occupation line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country, the state body said.
Philip Reeker, the United States Senior Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, and Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Tuesday discussed the humanitarian, human rights and security situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).