Georgian MFA: any agreement between occupying country and its proxy regimes has no legal force and is “void”

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.

Mari Narchemashvili, the Spokesperson for the Georgian Ministry, said any such agreement would be devoid of legal force under the international law.

Narchemashvili said Russia, in “gross violation of the principles of international law”, had used forced “passportisation” of the population living in the occupied regions of Georgia since the early 2000s as an illegitimate step against Georgia and a “hybrid tool” in measures against the country.

The international community strongly supports Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity and is united in its condemnation of the illegal passportisation of the Russian-occupied territories and the steps taken [by Russia] for annexation,” the Spokesperson told ImediNews.