Moreover, the Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Georgia, Janos Herman, and the Deputy Foreign Minister Davit Dondua held a meeting in the Foreign Ministry over the issue.
After the meeting, Herman said that Herbert Salber would make explanations himself.
He added that the EU does not recognize so-called presidential elections held in Georgia’s breakaway South Ossetia and also recognizes and support Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
“We had a talk with the Deputy Minister about cooperating in this field and I would like to reiterate that the European Union does not recognize the framework in which the so-called elections were held in Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia”, said the Ambassador.
Davit Dondua said that EU was one of the first to condemn the so-called elections in Tskhinvali.
“We are in touch with the EU leadership and we hope that this will be properly responded by Brussels,” he stressed.
Sopo Katsarava, Chair of the Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Relations of Georgia says that Salber’s statement contradicts not only Georgia’s sovereignty but the EU politics as well.
Herbert Salber and the other co-chairs of Geneva International talks arrived in Georgia’s Russian-backed South Ossetia region on May 16 to discuss the details of the next round of the Geneva Talks, scheduled for June 20-21, 2017.
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