Georgian MFA: holding elections in Abkhazia “futile attempt” to legitimise occupation
The ministry has further appealed to the international community to “duly assess” the illegal actions aimed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Holding the so-called parliamentary elections in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region is a “futile attempt” to legitimise the illegal occupation of the Georgian territories, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Holding the so-called elections in Abkhazia violates the norms and principles of international law, the Ministry said, asserting the occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) were “indivisible” regions of Georgia.
Holding so-called parliamentary elections in #Abkhazia represents a violation of the norms& principles of international law& is another futile attempt to legitimize the illegal occupation of 2 indivisible regions of????????.
— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) March 12, 2022
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The Georgian MFA has also called on Russia to respect its international commitments, fulfil the European Union-mediated August 2008 ceasefire agreement, and withdraw its recognition of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states.
The ministry has further appealed to the international community to “duly assess” the illegal actions aimed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The de facto authorities of occupied Abkhazia held so-called parliamentary elections in the region on Saturday.
The Russian aggression in Ukraine, and the political and humanitarian assistance to the country, was discussed by the Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and his Latvian counterpart Edgars Rkinkevics in a phone call on Friday.
The methods used by Russia against the independence and sovereignty of Ukraine are the same it used against Georgia 14 years ago, Nikoloz Samkharadze, who chairs the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Friday.
The International Criminal Court in Hague has issued arrest warrants against three de facto officials of Georgia's Russian-occupied breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in a case of torture and ill-treatment of Georgian civilians during the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, the Georgian Justice Ministry announced earlier today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has responded to a request by Inal Ardzinba, the de-facto foreign minister of the Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, for the status of an observer in the United Nations for the region by calling it a “propaganda move doomed to collapse."
Carl Hartzell, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, said the EU did not recognise the legal framework of the so-called parliamentary elections that took place in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on March 12.
Norway refuses to recognise the so-called parliamentary elections held in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia, Helene Sand Andresen, Ambassador of Norway to Georgia and Armenia, said.
NATO does not recognise the legitimacy of the elections held on Saturday in the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Abkhazia, Javier Colomina, The NATO Secretary General Special Representative for the Caucasus and Central Asia, said on Monday.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said on Tuesday any agreement between Russia and the de facto “proxy regimes” of Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions were “void” and had “no legal force”, after the Russian President asked the country’s Parliament to ratify an agreement on “dual citizenship” with the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.
The de facto authorities of Abkhazia have “once again” undermined the principle of the territorial integrity of Georgia, forcing this region further into isolation to the detriment of the local population, Leendert Verbeek, the President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe (CoE) said in response to the so-called “parliamentary elections” held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on Saturday.
Levan Zhorzholiani, the Chairman of the Legal Affairs and Human Rights Commission of Tbilisi City Assembly, has called on the international community to “remain vigilant” and “raise its voice” against what he labeled as “alarming developments” in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia.
Jeppe Kofod, the Danish Foreign Minister, has condemned a referendum planned in Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on the province joining the Russian Federation as “totally unacceptable”.
No referendum in the Russian-occupied territories has legitimacy, the Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili said on Thursday in response to the information on the de facto authorities in the Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region planning to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the so-called presidential elections held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on Sunday, saying it was “another illegal act” by Russia aimed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Foreign dignitaries have refused to recognise the so-called presidential elections in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on April 10, reaffirming support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday released a statement on the 14th anniversary of the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, calling on Russia to “cease illegal and provocative steps” against Georgia, respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the country, fulfil its obligations under the European Union-mediated ceasefire agreement by withdrawing its forces from the occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), and reverse its illegal decision on recognising their independence.
Georgian Parliament Vice Speaker Davit Sergeenko on Friday said no kind of integration of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region with the Russia-Belarus union could be compatible with “any international rules or laws”.