Georgian PM discusses occupation, regional issues, challenges with EU official Klaar
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (R) met with EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar, earlier today. Photo: government of Georgia press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Co-chair of Geneva International Discussions (GID) and EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, Toivo Klaar, in Tbilisi earlier today to discuss occupation and regional security issues.
Garibashvili said that the increased efforts of the international community is needed to ensure the release of illegally detained Georgian citizens by Russian-controlled occupation forces.
He said that Georgia is waiting for genuine results achieved within the Geneva International Discussions, particularly for the fulfillment of the 2008 ceasefire agreement by Russia and the peaceful return of IDPs to the country’s occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions.
Good meeting today with @GharibashviliGe in Tbilisi, where we focused on regional developments. Now on the road to ???????? for meetings in Yerevan tomorrow.
— Toivo Klaar (@ToivoKlaar) October 20, 2021
Garibashvili welcomed the creation of sub-groups within GID on concrete conflict issues, during the recent, 54th round of the talks.
He expressed hope that the Gali and Ergneti Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism meetings, focused mostly on humanitarian issues, will soon resume.
Garibashvili reiterated that Georgia supports only the peaceful resolution of the conflicts and is taking steps to meditate for peace in the region.
Klaar welcomed Georgia’s recent mediation efforts between Azerbaijan and Armenia which led to the release of Armenian war prisoners.
Gariabashvili also discussed the Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative in the South Caucasus recently proposed by him which aims to ensure peace and stability in the region.
Ongoing detentions, unresolved cases of missing persons, restrictions on freedom of movement and travel abroad, response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and specific security concerns in Georgia's Russia-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) have been in focus of the 54th round of the Geneva International Discussions which took place on October 12 and 13.
Irakli Bebua, an ethnic Georgian man living in the Gali district of Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region, has been sentenced to nine years in prison for burning the flag of Abkhazia and the possession of firearms.
The US Department of States has strongly condemned the shooting and illegal detention of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze, 33, by the Russian-controlled occupation forces on July 11.
Tbilisi has demanded the resumption of Ergneti Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM) meetings amid the shooting and illegal detention of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze by the de facto authorities of the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region on July 11.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met Toivo Klaar, the Co-chair of the Geneva International Discussions and the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, in Tbilisi on Thursday to discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine, the Russian occupation of two regions of Georgia, and the security environment and challenges in the South Caucasus region.