Ruling party head: Russia-Belarus delegation visit to occupied Abkhazia “disturbing”
In his remarks over the matter, Kobakhidze noted the Georgian government’s response would need to involve “pragmatic steps” to ensure that the non-recognition of the occupied territories by Belarus continued. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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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 delegation arrived in the occupied region on Wednesday under the leadership of Artyom Turov, the chairman of the youth policy, sports and tourism commission of the parliamentary assembly of the union of Belarus and Russia.
In his remarks over the matter, Kobakhidze noted the Georgian government’s response would need to involve “pragmatic steps” to ensure that the non-recognition of the occupied territories by Belarus continued.
Any such so-called visit is a disturbing event. We have a very clear goal and task, which is to maintain the successful non-recognition policy. Therefore, any response will be carried out precisely in the context of this goal”, the GD official said.
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.
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.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday highlighted the resilience in Georgia enjoying “peace and double-digit economic growth” on the backdrop of widespread effects of the war in Ukraine and economic crisis in the wider region.
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.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Government's non-recognition policy towards the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions was “consistent” and would not be revised, after the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin said the conflicts in Georgia could be resolved if Tbilisi pledged “non-use of force” against the de facto authorities and launched “delimitation of borders” with them.