Georgian MFA: any agreement between occupying country and its proxy regimes has no legal force and is “void”
Mari Narchemashvili, the Spokesperson for the Georgian Ministry, said any such agreement would be devoid of legal force under the international law. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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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.
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 Azerbaijan said on Monday it does not recognise the so-called parliamentary elections held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on Saturday, or the results of the ballot.
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.
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.
Russia has once again proved its plans for “factual annexation” of the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia, Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, said on Tuesday.
Russia’s war against Ukraine must be stopped, with Europe ensuring “such horror and aggression” never repeats “in our common home”, Irakli Chikovani, MP from the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party said on Wednesday.
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.