US Advisor for Caucasus Negotiations, Georgian Reconciliation Minister discuss humanitarian, security situation in occupied regions
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). Photo: Office of the State Minister of Georgia for Reconciliation and Civic Equality/Facebook page.
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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).
Violations of fundamental rights of the local population in the occupied regions were in the focus of the meeting, with the parties stressing the importance of the Geneva International Discussions, the only international format on issues of the conflict in Georgia.
The State Minister emphasised the “important role” of the US in the process of a peaceful resolution of the conflict, including by promoting restoration of trust between communities divided by war and supporting the conflict-affected population along the administrative line separating the occupied regions from the rest of the country.
The Georgian state body said Akhvlediani had also thanked Reeker for the “strong support” of the US for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders, as well as for the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration process.
On his part, Reeker once again confirmed the “unwavering support” of the US for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.
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.
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.
The difficult humanitarian and legal situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Tea Akhvlediani, Georgia’s State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality and Kari Henriksen, the Special Representative of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on the South Caucasus.
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 and a group of United States officials Anne Witkowsky, the Assistant Secretary of State for Conflict and Stablisation Operations, and Leslie Ziman, the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration in the Department of State on Friday.
Tea Akhvlediani, the Georgian state minister for reconciliation and civil equality, on Thursday commended the government policy and its “peaceful efforts” to ensure “maximum support” for the conflict-affected population in the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) and restore “harmonious coexistence” with Abkhaz and Ossetian compatriots.
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