Belarussian ambassador summoned to Georgian foreign office over Lukashenko’s visit to Russian-occupied Abkhazia
The Georgian foreign ministry expressed “extreme concern” over the visit and demanded “additional clarifications” from the Belarusian side on the development. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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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 expressed “extreme concern” over the visit and demanded “additional clarifications” from the Belarusian side on the development.
Earlier today, Lukashenko held a meeting with representatives of the occupation regime in Bichvinta, a resort town in the region.
Marek Szczygieł, the head of the European Union monitoring mission in Georgia, on Wednesday hosted a delegation of the Council of European Union Working Party on Eastern Europe and Central Asia in the central Georgian village of Odzisi, adjacent to the country’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, to brief them about consequences of the occupation.
Speaker of the Georgian parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday condemned the “pseudo referendums” held across Ukraine's eastern, Russian-occupied regions this week.
Russian-controlled occupation forces on Tuesday released Nukri Kalashnikov, a Georgian citizen illegally arrested in June, from a prison in the occupied Tskhinvali region in central Georgia, the Georgian state security service confirmed.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday reiterated the importance of peaceful reintegration of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia in comments marking the 29th anniversary of the fall of Sokhumi, the regional capital of the former, in the 1992-1993 conflict in the north-western 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 Wednesday “strongly” condemned her Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko’s visit to Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region.
Georgia will never accept a “step back” from its “unwavering” supporter of territorial integrity, Belarus had a “strong position” on the matter until now, Mikheil Sarjveladze, the ruling Georgian Dream party MP told reporters on Wednesday.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday “strongly” condemned Belarusian president, Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “visit” to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region and his meeting with the representatives of the occupation regime in the region's capital city of Sokhumi.
Ned Price, the United States state department spokesperson, on Wednesday said the US remained “steadfast” in its support for Georgia and for its territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and called on Russia to reverse its recognition of the occupied territories.