NATO Secretary General: Russia's deployment of military bases violates Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity

13:37, 14.11.2023

Russia’s deployment of its military bases across breakaway territories violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, said NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg ahead of the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union with Defence Ministers.

“We strongly support the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia. And of course, we don’t accept that these breakaway territories can be used by Russia to establish military bases.

This just once again violates the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia and it demonstrates how far Russia is willing to go to achieve their military goals in Ukraine, but also that, actually, they have been pushed on the defensive because the Ukrainians have actually been successful in attacking naval facilities in Crimea and, therefore, Russia is looking into alternatives, demonstrating actually the achievements that the Ukrainians have made in attacking the Russian Navy,” he said.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

Jens Stoltenberg