State Security Service confirms illegal ‘borderisation’ activities resumed near occupation line
The Service added it had activated the dedicated hotline used for incidents along the administrative boundary and alerted the European Union Monitoring Mission and Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions - a platform for facilitating talks between the Georgian Government and de facto authorities - of the development. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Tweet 
Share
Russian occupation forces have resumed illegal ‘borderisation’ activities near the central Georgian village of Khurvaleti, adjacent to the country’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Wednesday.
The body said forces under the de facto occupation authorities were installing metal poles and wires alongside the administrative line marking the separation of the region from the rest of the country.
The Service added it had activated the dedicated hotline used for incidents along the administrative boundary and alerted the European Union Monitoring Mission and Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions - a platform for facilitating talks between the Georgian Government and de facto authorities - of the development.
The resumption of the illegal activities will also be “sharply raised” at the next scheduled meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism - another platform designed to facilitate communication between the de facto authorities in the occupied regions and Georgian officials - and at the Geneva Discussions, the body added.
Two Georgian citizens illegally detained on Sunday by de facto authorities of Georgia's Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region have been released, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Thursday.
The Georgian State Security Service on Friday said “everything” was being done, through joint efforts with international partners, to return Georgian citizen Kristine Takalandze to her family, who had been illegally arrested by the Russian occupation forces in the occupied Abkhazia region in 2022.
Russian-controlled occupation forces on Thursday illegally arrested a Georgian citizen in the territory adjacent to the village of Mejvriskhevi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality, near the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The current situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied territories and near the occupation line, as well as security challenges in the country and “borderisation” activities on shifting the occupation line, was discussed on Wednesday by Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the Georgian State Security Service and Toivo Klaar, the European Union's Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in the country.
Russian-controlled occupation forces have illegally arrested two Georgian citizens in the occupied territory adjacent to the village of Ghromi in central Georgia’s Gori municipality and the Akhalgori district village of Balaani, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Wednesday.