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
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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.
Lukashenko’s visit to Abkhazia shows total disregard for UN charter & principles of Helsinki final act regarding respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty of #Georgia.
— Mark Clayton (@MarkClaytonFCDO) September 28, 2022
The #UK stands firm in its support for Georgia in the face of this further provocation.@UKinGeorgia
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.
Belarus regime leader’s Lukashenko visit today to ???????? Abkhazia region proved ????????&???????? joined disrespect to the #UNCharter and principle of territorial integrity and sovereignty.
— Andrius Kalindra (@a_kalindra) September 28, 2022
???????? stays committed to fully supporting ????????
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.
United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus expresses full support for the territorial integrity of Georgia. Lukashenka’s visit to Abkhazia is outrageous & unacceptable. He represents Putin, not the Belarusian people. We stand by ???????? & seek deeper collaboration between our countries.
— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) September 28, 2022
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.
???????? Pressident Lukashenka's visit to ????????occupied #Abkhazia is an act agaist ???????? territorial integrity and a violation of international law. https://t.co/quBoefiXUh
— Riina Kaljurand (@RiinaKaljurand) September 29, 2022
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.
#Lukashenko is a terrorist, #Putin's puppet & illegitimate ruler not recognised by the #EU. His visit or recognition of #Abkhazia doesn't mean much. But it is a reminder 4 all ????????#Russia-appeasers in ????????#Georgia that appeasing evil always backfires.
— Viola von Cramon ???????????????? (@ViolavonCramon) September 29, 2022
Lukashenko will end with Putin! pic.twitter.com/fy4UWosy5E
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.
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.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday “strongly” condemned her Belarusian counterpart Aleksandr Lukashenko’s visit 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 defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Wednesday said Tbilisi would have “the strictest reaction” to the recent visit of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, where he met with de facto authorities to discuss “prospects for bilateral cooperation”.
Popular Force, a public movement composed of former members of the ruling Georgian Dream party who exited the team in June, on Thursday condemned the “so-called visit” of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia on Wednesday, calling the move “extremely wrong and unfriendly”.
Peter Stano, the spokesperson for the external affairs of the European Union, on Thursday said the bloc condemned “very strongly” the visit of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia on Wednesday.
Congressman Adam Kinzinger, the co-chair of the Georgia Caucus of the United States House of Representatives, on Thursday said the visit of the Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to the illegally occupied region of Georgia contradicted international norms.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the foreign ministry had taken “all the relevant” diplomatic steps regarding the visit of Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in September.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the visit of a delegation of the parliamentary assembly of Belarus and Russia to Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region was “disturbing”.
British Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton on Wednesday called on all political stakeholders in Georgia to work together on the implementation of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.