“today marks 13 years since the scale of Russia’s large-scale military aggression against Georgia and the subsequent illegal occupation of indivisible regions of Georgia – Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region / South Ossetia.” This is stated in the statement of the Georgian Embassy in Azerbaijan, received by HAQQIN.AZ.
“More than 30 cities and villages of Georgia, including Tbilisi, were attacked by Russian strategic bombers and military aircraft. The aggressor used cassette bombs and other prohibited weapons. As a result of aggression, hundreds of civilians and servicemen, thousands of local residents were killed and wounded. The rows of half a million refugees and displaced persons expelled during previous ethnic waves have replenished, “the embassy statement says.
The report states that Russian aggression in Georgia received a legal assessment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR). The court defined Russia as a state that carries out the occupation and control of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region responsible for gross violations of human rights during and after the August 2008 war. The Strasbourg court confirmed that Russia broke the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, did not fulfill the EU termination agreement from August 12, 2008, and conducted ethnic cleaning against Georgians.
“Georgian authorities and the international community call on the Russian Federation to respect the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia in its internationally recognized borders and terminate military aggression against the country and the occupation of Abkhazia and the South Ossetian region, to bring their troops from the territory of Georgia to the cease-fire agreement , signed on August 12, 2008, with the mediation of the EU. Russia is also called on to refuse to recognize the independence of the occupied territories, “the statement says.
It is noted that in order to perpetuate the memory of the victims during the large-scale military intervention of Russia in Georgia with the aim of illegal occupation of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region of Georgia from evening on August 7, 2021 to morning on August 9, the state flag will be lowered on the building of the diplomatic representation of Georgia. The embassy took advantage of the opportunity to express condolences to families and the closest killed in August 2008 during the Russian-Georgian War.