Prime Minister of Georgia I. Kobakhidze reacted rather emotionally on the position of Moscow, outlined in the comment of the Russian MFA to Izvestia newspaper, regards the resumption of political dialogue between Russia and Georgia and the irrevocability of the decision to recognize the statehood of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which, in Kobakhidze’s opinion is a red line for Georgia.
On November 18, the 32nd consolidated report of the CoE Secretary General “Conflict in Georgia” was submitted for consideration at the assembly of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. As it was in previous documents, the report lacks of objective and impartial presentation of the situation in South Ossetia.
On November 17, Georgian media disseminated the comments of the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Sh. Papuashvili and Tbilisi Mayor K. Kaladze regarding the abolition of the so-called temporary administration of South Ossetia.
In conditions of growing external pressure from Washington against the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea, close to its territorial waters and airspace, South Ossetia expresses its support for the friendly State and the actions of the Venezuelan leadership aimed at protecting its sovereignty and security.
Statements of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Finnish Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen about the strong support of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia are inappropriate and sound populist.
On 14 October, the long-discredited European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) took another biased step by upholding Georgia's claim against Russia and awarding the aggressor, recognised as such by the European Union's international commission, compensation of €253 million for alleged human rights violations related to the 2008 conflict.
On October 8, 2025, the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva once again confirmed its “political short-sightedness” by adopting a resolution on the allegedly occupied territories of Georgia entitled “Cooperation with Georgia”.
On September 25, during the High-Level week of the 80th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili, like his predecessors who have spoken from high international platforms over the past seventeen years, did not fail to mention the “occupation line” and the duty to overcome through joint efforts “artificially created obstacles, rebuild broken bridges and leave past grievances to history.”
We took note of the statement made by Georgian Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia during his speech at the 69th IAEA General Conference that the situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia, which he referred to as occupied territories, poses a significant challenge to nuclear safety in the absence of international access and monitoring.
We drew attention to the statement made by a number of the UN Security Council member-states, which was made after of the closed-door meeting dedicated to the 17th anniversary of the events of August 2008.
The statements voiced by Georgian Prime Minister I. Kobakhidze on the day of commemoration of hundreds of victims of Georgia’s aggression against South Ossetia in August 2008 sound cynical. The fact that Georgia initiated armed intervention to South Ossetia and attacked the peacekeepers, who were acting in accordance with international agreements, is a well-known fact, confirmed by the independent EU commission headed by a Swiss diplomat Heidi Tagliavini, which the official Tbilisi is trying to conceal.
From July 25 to August 6, NATO Agile Spirit 2025 exercises will be held in Georgia with the participation of Western Command of the Georgian Defence Forces and the U.S. National Guard. As noted, the goal is to build military capacityand to foster interoperability between the 13 participating states.
