Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Russia Slams US Senate’s Resolution on Georgian Territorial Integrity

Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich sharply criticized the recent US Senate resolution in support of Georgia’s territorial integrity, which characterizes Russia’s military presence in the breakaway Georgian provinces of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as “occupation.” “Generally speaking, the basic factor, from the point of view of international law, to recognize an occupation regime is one state’s effective control over the territory of another state and civilians living there, which means the installment of occupation authorities instead of local ones. Russian army units however have replaced legitimate authorities neither in Abkhazia nor in South Ossetia. Neither Russia’s authorities nor Russian army units have ever issued any normative acts mandatory to the local population. It means that allegations that Abkhazia and South Ossetia are occupied by Russia have neither actual nor legal grounds,” Lukashevich stated. “Pronouncements by U.S. Senators on this subject only prove their illiteracy in the area of international law or their flagrant disdain for actual facts,” the official added.

http://www.mid.ru/brp_4.nsf/0/5173BB9183B7F1ACC32578DF003DAC7A
http://www.itar-tass.com/c154/196462.html

No comments:

Post a Comment