US Ambassador visits Georgian villages adjacent to occupation line
The Mission said its monitors briefed the officials on “recent borderisation activities and the impact of the restriction of movement on the conflict-affected population”, in reference to activities of the de facto authorities and Russian-backed occupation forces. Photo: EUMM
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The European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia on Tuesday said it hosted the United States Ambassador Robin Dunnigan and officials from the Embassy for a patrol of the villages of Tvaurebi, Odzisi and Goraka adjacent to the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region in central Georgia.
The Mission said its monitors briefed the officials on “recent borderisation activities and the impact of the restriction of movement on the conflict-affected population”, in reference to activities of the de facto authorities and Russian-backed occupation forces.
Yesterday, we hosted a delegation of the ???????? @usingeo, led by Amb. Dunnigan, on a patrol to Tvaurebi, Odzisi and Goraka. Our monitors briefed the delegation on recent ‘borderisation’ activities and the impact of the restriction of movement on the conflict-affected population. pic.twitter.com/BQTcUApuVC
— EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (@EUMMGeorgia) December 13, 2023
The EUMM is the only foreign mission in the country monitoring the occupation lines separating the regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali from the rest of Georgia.
The Mission was deployed in September 2008 following the EU-mediated ceasefire that ended the war between Russia and Georgia the previous month to contribute to “stabilisation, normalisation and confidence building between the conflict parties”.
The Mission has its Headquarters in Tbilisi and operates three Regional Field Offices in Mtskheta and Gori in central Georgia and Zugdidi in the west. It is currently led by Ambassador Dimitrios Karabalis.
Release of Georgian citizens illegally detained by Russian occupation forces and developments along the occupation lin
Robin Dunnigan, the newly appointed United States Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said she had discussed “further strengthening” defence and security cooperation between the two states with the Georgian Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze, and pledged to act for the goal.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative on Friday visited the administrative line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country, to hear from the European Union monitoring mission about developments in the area.
Dimitrios Karabalis, the head of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia, on Tuesday responded to the 15th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war by saying “consequences of armed conflicts are long-lasting, and the road to reconciliation and recovery can be challenging”.
The current situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Grigol Liluashvili, the Head of the State Security Service of Georgia and Ambassador Viorel Moșanu, the Special Representative of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
Georgian citizen Petre Kalashnikov, who was illegally detained by Russian occupation forces near the occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), was released on Thursday, the State Security Service said.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday met Robin Dunnigan, the United States Ambassador to the country, to discuss strategic cooperation between the two countries and possibilities of developing parliamentary cooperation.
The situation in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the country’s Parliament, and Ambassador Viorel Moșanu, the Special Representative of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Chairman-in-Office for the South Caucasus.
Russian occupation forces have illegally detained two Georgian citizens near central Georgia’s Russian-occupied village of Knolevi in the Kareli municipality, the State Security Service of Georgia said on Friday.
Guðni Jóhannesson, the President of Iceland, on Wednesday visited the central Georgian village of Odzisi to observe the administrative line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country.