UN Security Council members demand Russia return land to GeorgiaBy Jacob Geanous
August 12, 2023
Six Western nations on the United Nations Security Council have demanded Russia return territory it took from Georgia on the 15th anniversary of the land grab.
The United States, United Kingdom, France, Albania, Japan, and Malta, issued a joint statement stating that Russia’s 2008 invasion of Georgia “marked a more aggressive trend” in its policy toward neighboring countries. They called for the land — the South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions, which previously made up 20% of Georgia’s territory — to be returned.
The six countries said they “are resolute” in reaffirming Georgia’s independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity “within its internationally recognized borders.”
The statement also condemned Russia’s “brutal invasion” of Georgia and its “steps toward annexation of these Georgian regions.”
The statement also highlighted Russia’s continued military exercises in Georgia’s land, sea, and airspace, its installation of a barbed wire fences and other blockades, its detentions and abductions of local people, and discrimination against Georgians.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/08/12/un-security-council-members-demand-russia-return-land-to-georgia/
