Gov’t demands release of detained citizen, punishment of individuals responsible for killing of Georgian national in occupied territory at meeting
Hosted in the village of Ergneti after the incident that saw the killing of the citizen during an attempt of illegal arrest by the occupation forces, and detention of the other individual, the meeting involved representatives of the Russian occupation forces and the European Union Monitoring Mission. Photo: SSS
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Irakli Antadze, the Deputy Head of the Analytical Department of the Georgian State Security Service, on Monday said the country’s authorities had demanded “immediate release” of a Georgian citizen illegally detained by occupation forces on Monday, and punishment of individuals responsible for the killing of another national of the country in the same incident, in a meeting with de facto authorities of the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Hosted in the village of Ergneti after the incident that saw the killing of the citizen during an attempt of illegal arrest by the occupation forces, and detention of the other individual, the meeting involved representatives of the Russian occupation forces and the European Union Monitoring Mission.
Antadze said the Government “could not accept” the incident, which he said had “no human justification”.
He also pointed out the Service was awaiting response from the occupying forces on its request for release of the detained citizen “as soon as possible”, and added his office had been told by the de facto authorities that the arrested national was “feeling well”.
The official added the body was in “permanent communication” with international partners and had informed the Co-Chairs of the Geneva International Discussions - a platform for talks between the Georgian Government and de facto authorities in the occupied regions - about the development.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday said she was “profoundly outraged” by the death of a citizen of the country following an attempt of their illegal arrest by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
The Georgian Government has on Monday requested a “technical meeting” with the participation of representatives of the Russian occupation forces administering Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the European Union Monitoring Mission following the death of a Georgian citizen following an illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces on Monday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday called on the international community to make an “appropriate assessment and response” to the death of a Georgian citizen following an illegal arrest attempt by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
A Georgian citizen has died following an attempt of illegal arrest by Russian-controlled occupation forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia, with another Georgian national detained, the State Security Service said on Monday.
The European Union Monitoring Mission on Monday expressed its concern and condemned “in the strongest terms the use of force in any form” after a Georgian citizen died following an illegal arrest attempt by occupation forces on Monday.
Matthew Miller, the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, on Monday condemned the killing of a Georgian citizen by Russia’s occupying forces near a village adjacent to the occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Tuesday noted official documents of the European Union did not use the term “occupation” to describe Russia’s illegal actions in the Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions of Georgia and said it was “important” for the bloc to change the policy over the matter.
Georgian officials and the Public Defender’s Office on Monday reacted to the killing of Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia, and illegal detention of the country’s national Levan Dotiashvili, in an incident earlier during the day, and called for “immediate punishment” of offenders and the release of the detainee.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday said his Government had taken “all possible steps” following the killing of a Georgian national by Russian occupying forces near a village adjacent to central Georgia’s occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on Monday.
A Georgian citizen Levan Dotiashvili illegally detained by the Russian-controlled occupation forces in central Georgia was released on Thursday, following an incident which saw the killing of the country’s national Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday.
Mikheil Shakulashvili, the State Representative in the central Shida Kartli region, on Saturday said identifying and punishing individuals responsible for the killing of a Georgian citizen Tamaz Ginturi during an attempt of illegal arrest by occupation forces on Monday, was a “priority of the state”.
Release of Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces and developments along the occupation line in Georgia were in focus of the 117th Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meeting in Ergneti, the Georgian State Security Service said on Tuesday.
Georgian Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality Tea Akhvlediani on Wednesday met Viorel Moșanu, the Special Representative of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus, to discuss peaceful resolution of conflicts on the territory of Georgia.