Georgian Foreign Ministry commented on Lukashenko’s statement

“Taking into account the bilateral relations between Belarus and Georgia, the question of the recognition of the so-called independence of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvalian region is not worth the agenda.” This is stated in a statement by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia after the Russian media passed the information that Lukashenko does not exclude the recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Such conclusions were made after the President of Belarus commented on when Minsk is going to recognize the independence of Abkhazia and the so-called. South Ossetia.

Lukashenko answered like this: “There is some kind of need for life? As soon as I understand, and the president tells me that there is a need for this.”

In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, it is believed that individual excerpts from the interview of the President of Belarus have spread in Russian media “with targeted accents and interpretations.”

“Taking into account the bilateral relations between Belarus and Georgia, the question of recognition of the so-called. Independence of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvalian region is not on the agenda. Belarus is still committed to the fundamental principles of international law in this regard.

Regarding the interview of the President of the Republic of Belarus to the Russian TV channel, then excerpts from his interview, as always, are interpreted by Russian media with targeted accents and bring to the attention of the public in such a form, “said the press secretary of the foreign policy department Marie Purchasshvili.