Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, appeals to the European Union to remove the term “South Ossetia” from its official use.

“You and the West are fighting Stalinist manifestations. Despite this, you use the term “South Ossetia” in all your documents, which is also a Stalinist term and was coined in 1922.

Before that, it did not exist. Georgian constitution doesn’t recognize such formation as “South Ossetia”. So, my request, a call, is to discuss together how we can remove this term altogether from your official documents. It is not pleasant when the European Union or even any other state use the term of [Joseph] Stalin’s time. If we need to make an official appeal, we will do it”, - said Nikoloz Samkharadze.

Sven Mikser, the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Georgia, said that the issue will be noted and taken into account in the future when the European documents will be worked out.