Tbilisi Protests Moscow’s Heliport Plans in S.Ossetia

Georgia condemned Moscow’s plans to build two heliports in breakaway South Ossetia and called on the international community "to take decisive measures" to stop further militarization of the region.

Russian governmental website for state procurements posted on March 12 an announcement for a tender to build heliports – one in Java district and another one in Akhalgori district of the breakaway region.

"Georgia expresses its strict protest over Russia’s destructive actions and calls on the international community to take decisive measures in order to prevent militarization of Georgia’s occupied regions, infringement of Georgia’s sovereignty as well as occupation and annexation of its integral territories," the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on March 31.

"The creation and development of military infrastructure on the occupied territories represents a flagrant violation of the fundamental norms and principles of International Law and the 6-point Ceasefire Agreement," it said.

The Foreign Ministry also said that "uncontrolled flight of military helicopters in Georgian airspace poses a threat to the security of international civil aviation."

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