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MFA OF ABKHAZIA: NATO'S PLAYING WITH GEORGIA COULD GREATLY WORSEN SECURITY SITUATION IN THE SOUTH CAUCASUS

Monday, 28 June 2021 04:23 360

Sukhum. June 15, 2021. Apsnypress. Following the results of the NATO summit held on June 14 of this year in Brussels, there was published a statement in which the "multifaceted threats and growing challenges" relevant to the North Atlantic Alliance were outlined. As follows from the 14th paragraph of the statement, NATO member states do not forget about their support for the "principle" of Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty.

“The final statement of the NATO countries once again clearly demonstrates the hypocrisy and double standards that have become characteristic of the members of the North Atlantic Alliance. At the same time, the circle of countries that deserve the flattering characteristics of Brussels is most often limited to the countries of Europe and the United States, the NATO members themselves. The "values" shared by NATO in this case act exclusively as a convenient tool for discriminating against "disagreeable" or "dissenting" peoples and states. There was announced an increase in military budget of the alliance announced at the summit for "counteraction" and "containment" of such states," the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry said in connection with the NATO summit.

The final statement of the NATO summit traditionally calls for Russia to "withdraw its troops from Georgia," to refuse to recognize the independence of Abkhazia, and to fulfill the mythical "ceasefire agreement."

The absurdity of these demands is obvious to any open-minded observer familiar with the events in South Ossetia and Abkhazia of August 2008 and the soon following recognition of the independence of the Republic of Abkhazia and the Republic of South Ossetia by Russia. The political and legal act of recognition of the Republic of Abkhazia fully complied with the norms and principles of international law and did not require approval from other states. The bilateral agreements concluded by Moscow and Sukhum in the field of defense and security also do not contradict international legal norms. Expressing support for the "territorial integrity of Georgia", the NATO countries actually support what finally ceased to exist as a political and legal reality as a result of the criminal actions of the Tbilisi regime headed by M. Saakashvili back in 2008, " the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry stated.

The NATO's statement also attaches great importance to the need to continue the Geneva discussions on stability and security in the Transcaucasus.

At the same time, NATO by its actions actually encourages Georgia's non-constructive course in Geneva to delay the adoption and signing of a document on the non-use of force between the parties to the conflict.

The Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia is not sure that the build-up of military cooperation between NATO and Georgia will contribute to the peaceful course of Tbilisi.

Most likely, according to the Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia, there should be expected the opposite result with unpredictable consequences.

Abkhazia is convinced that NATO's playing with Georgia can seriously worsen the security situation in the South Caucasus and finally undermine the work of the participants and international mediators to achieve a mutually acceptable result in the framework of the Geneva discussions.