11 YEARS SINCE THE RUSSIAN MILITARY AGGRESSION IN GEORGIA
7 August 2019 marks a sad anniversary of 11 years since the large-scale military invasion of the Russian Federation in Georgia and the illegal occupation of Georgia’s indivisible regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region/South Ossetia.
As it was reminded today by Foreign Minister of Lithuania Mr Linas Linkevičius “#Russia continues creeping annexation & occupies 20% of #Georgia's territory. Unfortunately, lessons were not learned, Crimea & Donbas followed. Appeasement is never an option.”
We join our Georgian friends in calling upon the Russian Federation to fulfil its obligations undertaken by the 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement, respect Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within the internationally recognized borders, reverse its illegal decision on recognition of the so-called independence of the occupied territories and undertake the relevant steps to settle the relations between Georgia and Russia with the aim to ensure the conflict resolution through dialogue, and peace in the region.
http://mfa.gov.ge/News/sagareo-saqmeta-saministros-ganckhadeba-2008-c-(1).aspx?lang=en-US
