Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair: Russia has once again proved plans to annex de facto Abkhazia and Tskhinvali

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.

Samkharadze’s comments came after President Putin asked the Russian Parliament to ratify an agreement on “dual citizenship” with the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region of Georgia.

The Georgian official underscored Russia’s move was aimed at violating the territorial integrity of the country and ensuring a “factual annexation” of the central Georgian region.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia earlier said any agreement between Russia and the de facto “proxy regimes” of Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions were “void” and had “no legal force.”