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Parliament Committee Chair on reports of Abkhazian airport’s transfer to Russia: transactions in occupied territories “have no legal force”

In his remarks over the matter the Parliament official stressed all such deals and transactions were considered illegal. Photo: Parliament of Georgia

Agenda.ge, 18 Aug 2022 - 12:14, Tbilisi,Georgia

Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday said no transaction over real estate in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia had legal status, in response to reports of the Sokhumi Airport in the regional capital of Abkhazia being subject of plans for its transfer to Russian state ownership.

In his remarks over the matter the Parliament official stressed all such deals and transactions were considered illegal.

From a legal point of view, Russia is the state occupying the territories of Georgia. Russia is the de facto administrator of the [Georgian] Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region. This has been confirmed by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. According to our legislation, no transaction regarding real estate in the territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali has any legal force”, Sarjveladze said.

The official added that all the deals, transactions and activities in the Russian-occupied territories were deemed illegal and “everyone will have to take this into account”.

For us, the content of this decision is zero from a legal point of view. Politically, this is the situation that, unfortunately, we have today. This is the situation that reflects the occupation of the territories of Georgia”, he concluded in his comments.

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