Two foreign citizens, illegally detained by occupation forces, released
The state body stressed the occupation forces had been responsible for the “destructive actions” committed in Georgia's occupied territories, as well as in the vicinity of the occupation line. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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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.
The hotline for information exchange on developments along the occupation line, with the involvement of the European Union Monitoring Mission, has been operated on the incidents, the SSS said.
The state body stressed the occupation forces had been responsible for the “destructive actions” committed in Georgia's occupied territories, as well as in the vicinity of the occupation line.
The service also said the Government continued to “work actively” for securing the release of other Georgian citizens illegally detained both near the central Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and occupied Abkhazia in the north-west.
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.
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.
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.
Russian occupation forces carried out illegal “borderisation” activities near central Georgia’s Kareli Municipality village of Okona and Gremiskhevi village in Dusheti Municipality on Saturday.
The European Union Monitoring Mission on Tuesday said Russian troops had fired several shots into the air during the latest of the Mission’s regular patrols near the occupation line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) from the rest of Georgia in the central Georgian village of Mejvriskhevi earlier this week.