We need to be able to get Russia to fulfill its ceasefire obligations under the 2008 agreement. Such a statement made today the US Ambassador to Georgia, while talking about the abduction of Georgian citizens and the creeping occupation.

“It’s a very important issue. Probably one of the most fundamental issues here is to restore Georgia’s integrity, sovereignty and territorial independence, something that the USA strongly supports. We encourage the Geneva international discussions to continue. I know there’s an effort to have face to face discussions later this fall. I think the effort to revitalize, reactivate the IPRM is also an important step so that these detentions that have been happening can be resolved quickly on the ground, without subjecting Georgian citizens to the kind of detention and harassment that they"ve been receiving.

I think there are mechanisms in place to address these issues. We just need to be able to get Russia Federation to fulfill its ceasefire obligations under the 2018 agreement. Everything exists to resolve this, it is simply a matter of Russia complying with its obligations”, - concluded Kelly Degnan.