High ranking guests to visit Georgia on upcoming 10th anniversary of Russia-Georgia war
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High ranking guests from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine will visit Georgia on August 6-7 to mark the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
While in Georgia the guests will visit the occupation line and honour the memory of those who died for Georgia’s territorial integrity.
Throughout 10years of Russia's aggression&occupation of 2 #GEO regions, we have demonstrated firm determination towards peaceful conflict resolution. We should remain united&send a message that Russia must stop its aggressive policy&respect GEO's sovereignty&territorial integrity pic.twitter.com/uGyMCYOJWy
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) August 6, 2018
Foreign Ministers from Poland, Lithuania and Latvia and Vice Prime Minister from Ukraine will participate in a round table organised by Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the main topic of which will be ‘Peace and Security – 10 Years Since the Russia-Georgia War’.
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— Edgars RinkÄviÄs (@edgarsrinkevics) August 6, 2018
The guests will meet the President of Georgia, Prime Minister of Georgia and Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.
The initiative of visiting Georgia over the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war was put forward by Lithuania and Poland.
The US Embassy to Georgia has released a statement over the upcoming 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
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When the clock strikes midnight tonight, Georgia will mark the eighth anniversary of Russia’s aggression and occupation of Georgian territory, as a sovereign, independent state.
Georgia strongly condemns the recent ratification of an agreement between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region to establish and mark the state border around the occupied territory.
Georgia’s Justice Minister made a special statement today, and welcomed the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s decision to authorise an investigation into possible war crimes committed during a conflict between Russia and Georgia in 2008.
"Lithuania stands by Georgia”, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius said in Georgian in his video address released today that was devoted to 10 years since the Georgian-Russian war.
Several high-ranking guests from Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Ukraine will arrive in Georgia today to participate in events dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war. Foreign Ministers of Poland, Latvia, Lithuania, vice prime ministers of Ukraine and Estonia will visit Khurvaleti village tomorrow, at the occupation line between Georgia and its occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.
Top Georgian officials, the foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and the Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine have commemorated the Russia-Georgia 2008 war on its 10th anniversary and spoke about the fatal consequences of the short but violent war.
The European Union wrote in its official statement today that on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war, the union remains committed to a peaceful resolution of conflict as strongly as ever.
The Friends of Georgia Group in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has initiated a video on the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war.
Minister of Defense Levan Izoria with the Chief of Staff General-Mayor Vladimer Chachibaia has paid tribute to soldiers who died in the battle of Shindisi during the Russia-Georgia war in 2008.
The European Union delegation to the Council of Europe (CoE) has issued a statement agreed upon with the EU heads of the mission to the CoE, which marks the 10th anniversary of the Russia-Georgia 2008 war and condemns Russian aggression in Georgia.
Eleven years have passed since the most tragic day in the recent history of Georgia – the beginning of the five-day war between Russia and Georgia in 2008. Today the Georgian Foreign Ministry issued a statement regarding the date, saying that 11 years on from the war, Russia still continues its occupation and practical annexation of two Georgian regions, Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia).
The Delegation of the European Union to Georgia has condemned the ongoing occupation of two of Georgia's regions by the Russian military on the anniversary of the 2008 war between the two countries.