Parliament Foreign Affairs Committee Chair: Russia has once again proved plans to annex de facto Abkhazia and Tskhinvali
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. Photo: 1tv.ge
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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.”
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Group of Friends of Georgia at the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe on Friday made a joint statement on not recognising the legitimacy of the so-called “parliamentary elections” held in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region on March 12.
Georgia can relate most vividly to the predicament of Ukraine through the ongoing occupation of its own regions by Russia, Givi Mikanadze, a member of the Georgian parliamentary delegation, told the spring session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on Wednesday.
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”.