Attention was drawn to the statements of the Georgian Foreign Minister Maki Bochorishvili in an interview with the Spanish agency EFE, in which she voiced a kind of ‘reference points’ of the old-new Georgian foreign policy, in particular, stating that “her country does not want a new war with Russia, but does not refuse membership in NATO and the European Union (EU)”.
The appeals of a number of Georgian opposition parties to the new Syrian authorities to revoke recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, first of all, should be considered in the context of the internal political crisis which has been lasting since autumn. The results of the parliamentary elections and the defeat of the political force which was ruling for more than a decade, have been catalyzing processes and public rhetoric, which is obviously destructive. It is, to a greater extent, aimed at increasing its media exposure.
On 5-6 December, the 31st meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE Ministerial Council) was held in Valletta, Malta.
On 11 October in Geneva, the United Nations Human Rights Council, with the support of the delegations of the European Union, Bulgaria, Japan, Luxembourg and Finland, adopted another resolution entitled “Cooperation with Georgia”, which contains biased statements that do not reflect reality about the so-called occupation of Georgian territories and “human rights violations… in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia’.
Attention has been drawn to the statements made by Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze during his speech at the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
Как и следовало ожидать, за высказываниями Бидзины Иванишвили, почетного председателя правящей в Грузии «Грузинской мечты», о необходимости принести извинения перед осетинским народом за вооруженную агрессию против Республики Южная Осетия в августе 2008 года выступил премьер-министр страны Ираклий Кобахидзе, заявивший о том, что никто в Грузии не собирается этого делать.
Against the background of the parliamentary elections, which will be held in Georgia in October, various declarative statements related to the status of South Ossetia and Abkhazia are voiced by Georgian politicians more and more often. The ruling Georgian party is no exception, since in its struggle for electorate it speculates on the topic of restoring the so-called territorial integrity.
Unfortunately, in order to support the so-called “collective West” mainstream, untrue theses are broadcast from high tribunes by a number of states. In particular, Francesca Gatt, Deputy Permanent Representative of Malta to the UN, voiced a joint statement on behalf of several member states of the UN Security Council, in which South Ossetia and Abkhazia are mentioned in the context of the territorial integrity of Georgia.
As it’s known, the 31st annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly was held in Bucharest from June 29 to July 3, during which a declaration was adopted, including a long-standing call for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Russian military forces from the occupied Georgian regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
On June 4, the resolution prepared by Georgia on displaced persons and refugees from South Ossetia and Abkhazia was adopted again at the 78th session of the UN GA.
Another statement made in Georgia pertaining to the desire to live jointly with the peoples of the Republic of South Ossetia and the Republic of Abkhazia weren’t left without attention. Theloud statements, obviously timed to the Independence Day, were voiced by Prime Minister Kobakhidze, who shared the “Georgian dream…to live in a united and strong Georgia by 2030 together with our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters.”
The verdict issued by the ECHR on the claim of Georgia referring the alleged human rights infringements in South Ossetia and Abkhazia were not left without attention.
