Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec. 29 / Trend N.Kirtzkhalia /
Russia will have to take into account the global political views and to recognize the occupation of the territories belonging to Georgia, Georgian Parliamentary Speaker David Bakradze said.
According to him, during 2010, many international organizations and parliaments of various countries adopted a strong resolution Georgia's support and its territorial integrity, which can be regarded as laying the foundation for what would entail these documents.
"I am delighted that the Parliament was on the front line in this struggle, parliamentary diplomacy was very successful in 2010," Bakradze said.
Military actions were launched in the unrecognized republic of South Ossetia in August 2008 with Georgian troops entering Tskhinvali and Russian troops later occupying the city, driving the Georgian military back into Georgia.
Georgia's autonomous regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia unilaterally declared independence from Georgia after the August 2008 war. The separatist regions had been supported by Russia, with the country later establishing diplomatic relations with the de facto states despite protests from the West. Venezuela, Nicaragua and Nauru also recognize the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
"Russia may at some time go against the world's political views, but it has a very high political price, and, ultimately, no country, no matter how powerful and rich as it was, would be able to go against the world's political views" Bakradze said.
"This is the lesson of history, including the Soviet," he said.
Bakradze named the new Constitution of Georgia as the most important event of 2010.
"This document was the product of a collaborative work of the broad masses of the public, political parties, including the main opposition and the spectrum is very valuable, because this constitution is recognized as European," he said.