Foreign officials, diplomats condemn Lukashenko’s visit to Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region

  • Foreign officials and diplomats on Wednesday strongly condemned the visit of Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, to Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia and expressed their support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. Photo: Ekho Kavkaza

Agenda.ge, 29 Sep 2022 - 11:55, Tbilisi,Georgia

Foreign officials and diplomats on Wednesday strongly condemned the visit of Aleksandr Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, to Georgia's Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia and expressed their support for Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

In his remarks over the matter, Mark Clayton, the British ambassador to Georgia, said Lukashenko’s visit showed a “total disregard” for the United Nations charter and principles of the Helsinki final act regarding respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia.

“The UK stands firm in its support for Georgia in the face of this further provocation”, he tweeted.

 

Andrius Kalindra, the Lithuanian ambassador to Georgia, noted the Belarus regime leader’s visit to Abkhazia proved Belarus and Russia were joined in “disrespect” to the UN Charter and principles of territorial integrity and sovereignty.

 

National leader of Belarus Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya also commented on the matter by saying the united transitional cabinet of Belarus expressed “full support” for the territorial integrity of Georgia.

“Lukashenko’s visit to Abkhazia is outrageous and unacceptable. He represents Putin, not the Belarusian people. We stand by Georgia and seek deeper collaboration between our countries”, she said.

 

Riina Kaljurand, the ambassador of Estonia to Georgia and Armenia, said Lukashenko's visit to the occupied region was an act against Georgia’s territorial integrity and a violation of international law.

 

In her remarks over the matter, member of the European parliament Viola von Cramon noted Lukashenko was a “terrorist” and “Putin's puppet”, with his visit to, or recognition of, Abkhazia not bearing significance.

 

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