Military drills to be conducted in Russian occupied Abkhazia
The agreement on military cooperation between the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and occupied Abkhazia was signed in 2009. Photo: tass.com.
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Military exercises are planned in Georgia’s Russian occupied Abkhazia on October 19-20 where military servicemen of the defence ministry of Georgia's breakaway South Ossetia (Tskhinvali region) will participate along with local armed forces, Radio Liberty Georgian service reports.
The Defence Minister of the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) Ibrahim Gaseev received an invitation to take part in the drills from his Abkhaz counterpart Vladimir Anua.
The invitation states that the military drills were planned on the basis of an agreement between the commanders of the armed forces of the Russian occupied Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
Vladimir Anua expressed hope that ‘the joint military exercises will have a positive impact on the combat and operational readiness of the armed forces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia,’ the local Ossetian media reports.
The agreement on military cooperation between the occupied Tskhinvali region (South Ossetia) and occupied Abkhazia was signed in 2009.
Russia recognised the independence of Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region on August 26, 2008, following the Russia-Georgia war.
Only four other countries – Venezuela, Nicaragua, Nauru and Syria – share Russia’s position regarding the occupied Georgian territories’ status.
The rest of the international community is unanimous that the regions are occupied by Russia and it must withdraw troops from Georgian territory.
The de facto foreign intelligence service head in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region, Aleksey Maksimov, has met with the Taliban co-founder and current vice-PM in the new caretaker government of Afghanistan, Abdul Ghani Baradar, to discuss ‘regional security and the security issues of the two countries,’ the Taliban’s spokesperson Mohammad Naeem has tweeted.
Tank units from the fourth Russian military base are taking part in military exercises in the Russian occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region, Radio Liberty Georgian service reports. 30 tank units participated in the drills which involved the destruction of moving targets. A total of four bilateral battalions and one regiment are conducting tactical exercises in the Stavropol Krai, Rostov region, the Chechen Republic, the Volgograd region and the Crimea.
Russia is conducting military exercises in Georgia’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions, Russian media outlets report.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze says that the increased militarisation of the two occupied regions of Georgia Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) by Russia is alarming and Georgia is in need of the support of the international community.