Commentary of the Press and Information Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

We express concern about the statements of Russia’s occupation regime in Sokhumi regarding the deployment of an additional Russian military base in the occupied territories of Georgia and the inclusion of the indivisible Abkhazia region of Georgia in the integration processes initiated by Russia.

Such actions represent a gross violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and another provocative attempt to legitimize the illegal occupation of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions of Georgia.

The international community strongly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.

We call on the Russian Federation to respect its international obligations, to fulfill the EU-mediated 12 August, 2008 Ceasefire Agreement and to stop the illegal occupation of the indivisible regions of Georgia.