U.S. Calls for Supporting Georgia’s Territorial Integrity
Ian Kelly, a spokesman for the U.S. Department of State said on December 16, that recognition of breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia by Nauru did absolutely nothing and he called on all countries to support Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
“I would just say that the recognition by Nauru, in and of itself, does absolutely nothing in our eyes to help establish or underpin in some way the legitimacy of the de facto governments in both of those separatist regions,” he said.
“We continue to support, as the absolute vast majority of countries around the world, the territorial integrity of Georgia, and that means that we consider these entities as parts of Georgia and not as separate entities. We call on all states to uphold their commitments under numerous UN Security Council resolutions and the French-brokered ceasefire agreement, and we call on all countries to support, as we do, Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty,” Ian Kelly added.
The tiny Pacific island of Nauru recognized South Ossetia and Abkhazia by establishing diplomatic ties with Tskhinvali and Sokhumi. Nauru, which is the world’s smallest island nation, is the forth country after Russia, Nicaragua and Venezuela, to recognize Abkhazia’s and South Ossetia’s independence. Russian daily Kommersant reported recently that Moscow pledged financial assistance to Nauru in exchange of recognition of two breakaway regions. According to the same report Nauru requested USD 50 million aid.
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