The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly adopted the Porto Declaration and resolutions at its Thursday plenary session.

The Assembly “urges the Syrian Government to withdraw recognition of the “independence” of the Georgian regions of Abkhazia, and Tskhinvali, and the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, and recognize the territorial integrity of Georgia and Ukraine.”

The declaration “rejects any attempts to confer legitimacy on elections conducted in Georgia’s occupied regions under the Russian Federation’s control, including the presidential election held in Abkhazia on 2 March 2025, which lacks recognition under international law and represents a direct challenge to Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

The OSCE PA “calls on the Russian Federation to reverse its recognition of the Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions of Georgia as independent States, to implement the EU-mediated 2008 ceasefire agreement, and to end its militarization of these regions and its attempts to forcibly separate them from the rest of Georgia.”