Interior Minister Giorgi Gakharia traveled to the village of Khurvaleti in Shida Kartli region, alongside the occupation line with Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
In the village, the minister spoke of the security challenges with the local population.
The 86-year-old Data Vanishvili's yard is divided in two by Russian-erected illegal barbed wire fences. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Minister Gakhariavisited also visited the family of Data Vanishvili, living behind the barbed wire fence on the Russian-controlled land.
Vanishvili spoke with the Interior Minister of the hardships that he and his wife are facing every day.
Two Georgian regions Tskhinvali and Abkhazia are currently occupied by Russia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Russia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria are the only five countries which recognise two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali as independent states.
The occupying forces are continuously erecting barbed wire fences and other artificial barriers on the lands of the Georgian population.
This process is called as "creeping occupation”.