State security service confirms illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near occupation line in central Georgia
Demarcations and installations erected as part of the process have been reported to restrict freedom of movement, complicate the daily life of the local population and damage the security environment in areas adjacent to the occupation line. Photo: Agenda/Nino Alavidze.
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Russian occupation forces carried out illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near central Georgia’s Kareli municipality village of Dvani, installing metal poles and wires in the area, the state security service of Georgia said on Friday.
The state body also said it had alerted the European Union monitoring mission and co-chairpersons of the Geneva International Discussions of the development, with the dedicated hotline used for incidents along the administrative boundary also being activated.
The service also noted the issue would be raised at the next scheduled meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in Ergneti - designed to facilitate communication between de facto authorities in the occupied regions and Georgian officials - and the Geneva International Discussions.
Demarcations and installations erected as part of the process have been reported to restrict freedom of movement, complicate the daily life of the local population and damage the security environment in areas adjacent to the occupation line.
Georgian State Security Service officials demanded “unconditional release” of Georgian citizens illegally arrested by Russian occupation forces at the 105th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meeting, the platform facilitating talks between Georgian agencies and the de-facto authorities in the occupied regions of the country.
The Russian occupation forces carried out various types of unlawful activities, including illegal ‘borderisation’, throughout the month of January along the de-facto boundary line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the government-controlled territory, Georgia’s State Security Service (SSS) has announced.
The occupation forces have resumed illegal ‘borderisation’ activities along the Kareli municipality close to the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali.The State Security Service says that the illegal ‘borderisation’ in the villages of Takhtisdziri and Gvirgvina has been underway since 2013.
The State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia says that the first signs of illegal 'borderisation' - which is an outcome of the Russian occupation - were detected back in 2009, while the illegal process has been actively underway since 2011.
Russian occupation forces have illegally detained three Georgian citizens in the village of Mejvriskhevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian state security service confirmed on Tuesday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces on Wednesday illegally arrested a Georgian citizen on territory adjacent to the country’s occupied north-western Abkhazia region, Georgia’s state security service said.
A Georgian minor, who was illegally detained on Tuesday by the Russian occupation forces in the village of Mejvriskhevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, has been released, the Georgian state security service said on Thursday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces illegally arrested a Georgian citizen in the country’s occupied north-western Abkhazia region’s Gali district, Georgia’s state security service said on Saturday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally arrested a Georgian citizen in the country’s occupied north-western Abkhazia region, Georgia’s state security service said on Tuesday.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have erected illegal barriers near the occupation line adjacent to the village of Atotsi in central’s Georgia Kareli municipality, the Georgian state security service said on Friday.