State security service demands “unconditional release” of illegally arrested Georgian citizens from occupied territory at IPRM meeting
The Issues negatively impacting the daily lives of the conflict-affected local communities along the occupation line were also reviewed, with the participants also having an “extensive discussion” on the current practice of movement at crossing points. Photo: Georgian state security service
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The Georgian state security service officials have demanded “unconditional and immediate release” of Georgian citizens, illegally arrested by the Russian occupation forces, during the 109th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the central Georgian village of Ergneti, the state agency said on Thursday.
The illegal ‘borderisation’ process carried out by occupation forces along the administrative boundary line between Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the rest of the country and the restriction of the free movement were also discussed at the platform for facilitating talks between the Georgian agencies and de facto authorities of the occupied region.
The Issues negatively impacting the daily lives of the conflict-affected local communities along the occupation line were also reviewed, with the participants also having an “extensive discussion” on the current practice of movement at crossing points.
The co-facilitators of the meeting, ambassador Marek Szczygieł, head of the EU monitoring mission in Georgia and ambassador Viorel Moşanu, special representative of the OSCE chairperson-in-office for the South Caucasus, ”urged” for a “humanitarian” approach towards resolution of pending detention cases in view of the upcoming holidays and “insisted” on the necessity of their good treatment in terms of healthcare.
The next IPRM meeting is scheduled to be convened on January 17, 2023.
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.
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 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.
The illegal “borderisation” process carried out by occupation forces along the administrative boundary line between Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the rest of the country, illegal detentions of Georgian citizens and their release will be discussed at the 108th meeting of the region’s de facto authorities and Georgian officials on Friday.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday held a farewell meeting with Ambassador Marek Szczygieł, the Head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, with the latter’s diplomatic term in the country coming to a close.
Members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Thursday visited the line in central Georgia’s village of Odzisi that separates the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country, and were briefed on Russia’s occupation efforts along the administrative divide.
The current situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied territories and near the occupation line, as well as security challenges in the country and “borderisation” activities on shifting the occupation line, was discussed on Wednesday by Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the Georgian State Security Service and Toivo Klaar, the European Union's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in the country.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Parliament's Defence and Security Committee from the ruling Georgian Dream, and five other lawmakers from the party on Thursday visited the administrative line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country and called the occupation “temporary”.
The attempted illegal detention of two Georgian citizens near the country’s eastern village of Chvrinisi on April 21 and their release were discussed during the 112th meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism in the central Georgian village of Ergneti, the State Security Service said on Thursday.