De facto forces detain Georgian citizen near occupation line
Russian occupation forces illegally detained a Georgian citizen on Monday, with the incident coming near the administrative line separating the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Russian occupation forces illegally detained a Georgian citizen on Monday, with the incident coming near the administrative line separating the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the State Security Service confirmed on Monday.
The Georgian national was detained near the village of Perevi in the central Sachkhere municipality of the country.
The state body said it had activated the hotline operated for exchange of information on developments along the administrative line within the European Union Monitoring Mission following the incident.
It also said Georgia’s international partners and Co-chairs of the Geneva International Discussions had been informed about the development.
“All available mechanisms have been activated to release the illegally detained individual in the shortest possible time", the Service added.
Giorgi Jarmelishvili, a Georgian citizen illegally detained near central Georgia’s Russian-occupied village of Zemo Artsevi by occupation forces earlier this week, was released on Thursday, the state security service of Georgia said.
Tamaz Glurjidze, the Georgian citizen illegally detained by Russian-controlled occupation forces adjacent to central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region earlier this week, has been released, the Georgian state security service said on Thursday.
Russian occupation forces have illegally detained a Georgian citizen in the village of Bershueti in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the Georgian state security service confirmed on Wednesday.
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.
Manuchar Gulitashvili, a Georgian citizen illegally detained by occupation forces near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region earlier this week has been released, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Wednesday.
The State Security Service of Georgia said two foreign individuals, Turkmenistan and Turkey citizens, who had been detained near central Georgia’s Russian-occupied village of Tsinagara by occupation forces, were released on Thursday.
Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Georgian State Security Service, on Tuesday said occupation forces in central Georgia’s Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region had illegally detained a Georgian citizen near the administrative line ahead of a meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism, a platform facilitating talks between the Georgian Government and de facto authorities of the occupied region.