Neither Georgia's ambassador to the United States nor South Ossetia's top diplomat believe their conflict is 'frozen' but offer Newsweek opposite reasons for this belief.
Georgia is seeking support from the United States and other Western powers in reclaiming the breakaway region of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, whose Russia-backed governments vow to remain independent 12 years after what many consider Europe's first 21st-century war.
"Since 2008, Russia has implemented a 'creeping annexation' strategy, its troops move barbed wire fences overnight, dividing families and properties," he told."The human rights situation in the occupied territories is grim. There have been kidnappings, human rights violations, including murders."The conflict, he said, is"also far from 'frozen,'" as many observers have deemed it due to a scarcity of armed clashes.
"The continuing Russian military presence in the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as well as Russia's recognition of the so-called independence of these regions violates the territorial integrity of Georgia and undermines Georgia's sovereignty, as well as the Rules Based International Order," Sautter said, representing Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Norway, the United Kingdom and the U.S.
"Getting the Russians out of our territories is going to take a united push. Russia needs to be incentivized to do this, or its costs need to be raised for not doing it," he added."We appreciate the strong support Georgia has received for its sovereignty and territorial integrity. The United States and Europe are sincere in their efforts to want to find a solution to this problem.
"I would like to assure you that any citizen of South Ossetia will smile if someone asks him this. Moreover, he will think badly of you," Medoiti added."I will answer you absolutely, definitely: the people of South Ossetia are deeply grateful to the Russian government for the timely decision firstly to send troops, and later to recognize the independence of our state in August 2008.
In its own statement shared for the war anniversary, the Russian Foreign Ministry said:"Georgia's actions were a flagrant violation of international agreements on the peaceful settlement of the Georgian-South Ossetian conflict that resulted in numerous casualties, including among Russian military servicemen and Russian citizens, and destruction, and, ultimately, preconditioned Russia's response operation to enforce peace and Russia's subsequent decision to recognize the...
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