President Zourabichvili: formalising “sham referendums” in eastern Ukraine over joining Russia “illegitimate”
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday condemned the recently held “referendums” on joining Russia in Ukraine’s four Russian-occupied areas. Photo: president’s press office
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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”.
Formalizing sham referendum to support a blatant violation of international law and forceful annexation has no legitimacy, no future.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) September 30, 2022
We reject such gross violations of international law and reiterate our full support to Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
In her tweet, Zourabichvili once again expressed her support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, and said Georgia “rejects such gross violation of international law”.
The polls, announced by the Russian President Vladimir Putin last Wednesday, along with the partial military mobilisation, have been blasted by Tbilisi and the international community.
In the sham referendums, held amid the Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine, nearly four million people from the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and the southern regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, were invited to vote, with the puppet authorities claiming that an “unprecedented majority of residents” said yes to joining Russia on Tuesday evening.
Moscow could officially claim the regions - around 15 percent of Ukraine - next week, international media reported.
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.
Speaker of the Georgian parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday condemned the “pseudo referendums” held across Ukraine's eastern, Russian-occupied regions this week.
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.
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.