Georgia’s Reconciliation Minister: “It’s not creeping occupation, it’s a dynamic occupation”
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Georgia’s Minister of Reconciliation and Civil Equality Ketevan Tsikhelashvili says that Russia’s actions on the Georgian soil are not a creeping occupation, rather "it is a very open and dynamic occupation process.”
The process has been in progress since the Russia-Georgia 2008 war,” Tsikhelashvili said.
The Minister stated immediately after coming to power in 2012 the current Georgian Dream leadership has launched "a very active international campaign and provided all efforts” to suspend the occupation.
We are doing our utmost to achieve the removal of all kinds of barriers, banners or barbed-wire-fences from the territory of Georgia, which is a challenge not only for security, but also creates very serious daily problems for locals, many of whom lack access to their own lands,” Tsikhelashvili stated.
The Minister responded to the most recent fact of creeping occupation, when the occupants moved the occupation line further into Georgian territory, and stressed the case and many similar facts would be discussed at today’s meeting in Ergneti village.
Tsikhelashvili stated the main aim of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism Meeting in Ergneti, with the representatives of the occupant forces and de-facto leadership of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), would be solving the existing problems for locals, until achieving other strategic goals.
The Russian occupation forces deployed in central Georgia have moved the occupation line further into Georgian territory. This step saw about 10 more hectares of Georgian soil in the heart of the country now become occupied by Russia.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani spoke about the results of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war at the OSCE’s 2017 Annual Security Review Conference in Vienna, Austria yesterday.
Russia-controlled soldiers detained 40-year-old Jumber Bekauri in the village of Arbo today, near the country’s eastern de facto Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
The detainee, 40-year-old Kakhaber Kisishvili was reportedly detained in the village of Otrevi in the Gori Municipality near the Russian-occupied Georgian region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgia’s permanent representative to the United Nations (UN) Kaha Imnadze has discussed the Russian occupation of Georgian regions with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres.
Georgia’s Reconciliation Minister Ketevan Tsikhelashvili made a statement concerning the importance of the peaceful resolution of conflicts and stressed Georgia faces not a banner erected by occupants, but serious forces behind the banners.
Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Dondua introduced the diplomatic corps to the recent developments in the Russian occupied regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia).
Georgian officials, representatives of international organisations and the de-facto authorities from Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have gathered around the table in Ergneti to discuss issues that concern people living along the occupation line today.