FM: ministry took “all relevant” steps on Belarusian president’s visit to Georgia's Russian-occupied Abkhazia region
The Georgian official also made comments on the mobilisation of the population in the occupied territories and said he saw the question “more” from the human rights point of view, noting the ministry has been “very actively” trying to raise the issue with Georgia’s international partners. Photo: Foreign ministry
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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.
In his address to the parliament, Darchiashvili called the visit “particularly” sensitive for Georgia and said Anatoly Lis, the ambassador of Belarus to Georgia, had been summoned to the ministry after the visit for “an explanation”.
Darchiashvili expressed hope that Belarus would “firmly” return to their position of supporting Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty. “I am very optimistic that similar manifestations that harm our country will not occur in the future”, the minister added.
The Georgian official also made comments on the mobilisation of the population in the occupied territories and said he saw the question “more” from the human rights point of view, noting the ministry has been “very actively” trying to raise the issue with Georgia’s international partners.
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”.
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.
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.
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.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian parliament's foreign affairs committee chair, on Thursday said the Georgian government was “efficiently” implementing a “pragmatic and consistent” foreign policy despite challenges, and maintaining “peace, stability and a trend of sustainable development” as a result.
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”.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Tuesday condemned the meeting between Aslan Bzhania, the representative of the occupation regime of Georgia’s Russia-occupied Abkhazia and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.