US Embassy releases statement on the 10th anniversary of 2008 Georgia-Russia war

18:40, 31.07.2018

The US Embassy to Georgia has released a statement with regard to the 10th anniversary of August 2008 Georgia-Russia war.

The Embassy calls on Russia to withdraw its forces to pre-war positions. “Next week marks 10 years since Russia’s armed forces poured across international border with Georgia, attempting to change those borders by force.

Several thousand Russian forces moved into the city of Gori and other areas far from the conflict zone, such as Georgia’s main port of Poti, far from the main area fighting.

Russia also seized the last Georgian-held portion of Abkhazia, where there had been no fighting.

Russia’s assault on Georgia had begun as its army crossed an internationally recognized boundary in an attempt to change by force the borders of another country.

Russia still occupies Georgian territory. We again call on Russia to withdraw its forces to pre-war positions, as it agreed in 2008,” reads the statement.

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