Georgia, Tbilisi, Dec.30 / Trend, N.Kirtskhalia /
Georgian Foreign Ministry expressed protest in connection with the military exercises held by the Russian occupation troops in the Akhalgori district (South Ossetia). "On 26 December 2010, a military column of 40 armoured vehicles of the Russian occupation troops entered Akhalgori from Tskhinvali," Georgian Foreign Ministry stated. "On 27 December, 8 armoured vehicles were deployed at the village of Akhmaji, in the vicinity of the Georgian police station. They held military exercises behind the so-called smoke screen, after which they returned to Akhalgori where they are still based," Georgian Foreign Ministry's statement says.
The statement says that since Russia's aggression that took place in August 2008 and the resulting occupation of the Georgian territories, Russia has been grossly violating the major norms and principles of international law as well as the undertaken bilateral and multilateral international commitments including all paragraphs of the 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement.
"Georgian Foreign Ministry expresses its strong protest over Russia's aforesaid actions representing an obvious violation of the universally recognized norms and principles of international law and the 12 August 2008 Ceasefire Agreement and calls on the international community to make Russia give up its provocations aimed at destabilizing the situation in Georgia, undertake a commitment on the non-use of force against Georgia and ensure full de-occupation of the territory of Georgia in the shortest possible terms," the statement says.