11 years since the Russia-Georgia war: Georgian MFA calls on Russia to respect sovereignty, territorial integrity of Georgia

Today the Georgian Foreign Ministry issued a statement regarding the date, saying that 11 years on from the war, Russia still continues its occupation. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.

Agenda.ge, 07 Aug 2019 - 11:50, Tbilisi,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.

Although the physical confrontation started on August 8, developments started on the evening of August 7.

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).

  • Read the full statement here.

Eleven years ago, military aggression, which completely ignored the fundamental norms of international law, was an attempt to forcefully change the borders of the sovereign state, which seriously threatened the region and the European security system as a whole”, read the statement of the Foreign Ministry.