Parliament speaker condemns “pseudo referendums” in Ukraine's Russian-occupied eastern regions
Papuashvili stressed Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders must be respected. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Speaker of the Georgian parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday condemned the “pseudo referendums” held across Ukraine's eastern, Russian-occupied regions this week.
Papuashvili stressed Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders must be respected.
“We condemn and do not recognise any pseudo referenda conducted across Ukraine's Eastern regions occupied by Russia. Borders cannot be changed by force”, the head of the legislative body tweeted.
We condemn and do not recognise any pseudo referenda conducted across Ukraine's Eastern regions occupied by Russia. Borders cannot be changed by force. Ukraine's territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders must be respected. @r_stefanchuk https://t.co/DfkgVETGmq
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) September 28, 2022
Earlier today, the Georgian foreign ministry condemned the illegal referendums held in the four regions.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday stressed the move was an “extremely cynical” action on the part of Russia, calling the holding of the referendums “completely unacceptable for civilised people”.
Georgia voted on a United Nations General Assembly resolution on Wednesday to condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, joining 140 other countries in the vote.
The Georgian foreign ministry on Wednesday condemned the illegal referendums staged by Russia in the occupied territories of Ukraine.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday condemned the “referenda” organised by de facto authorities in the Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine on the areas joining Russia.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday said the “struggle of the Ukrainian people” in their self-defence from the ongoing Russian invasion had “already completely changed” the world's geopolitics.
Anatoly Lis, the ambassador of Belarus to Georgia, was summoned to the Georgian foreign office on Wednesday after a visit of the president of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
The Georgian foreign ministry on Wednesday expressed its “deep concern” over the visit of Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus to Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia and his meeting with the representatives of the occupation regime in the region's capital city of Sokhumi.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday condemned the recently held “referendums” on joining Russia in Ukraine’s four Russian-occupied areas by the Kremlin-installed governments, stressing that “formalising sham referendum to support a blatant violation of international law and forceful annexation has no legitimacy, no future”.
The Georgian foreign ministry on Saturday “strongly condemned” the so-called “referendums” held by Russia at the territory of Ukraine and the illegal annexation of these territories, which has been a “clear act” to “forcefully change” the internationally recognised borders of Ukraine.