The growing military activity of the NATO countries in the Black Sea region causes justifiable concern in Abkhazia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia warns about the inadmissibility of tension escalation in the region.

Sukhum. 21 July. Apsnypress. "The regular active participation of the Georgian military in NATO exercises directly contradicts the declared intentions of the Georgian leadership to solve the existing territorial problems exclusively by peaceful and diplomatic means." This is stated in the Commentary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia, made in connection with Georgia's participation in NATO exercises in the Black Sea.

The purpose of the exercise is to strengthen the regional security according to the representatives of the US Navy's Sixth Fleet. “Our participation in multinational exercises such as Sea Breeze 2020 is a real demonstration that the United States is involved in the collective defense of Europe,” the Sixth Fleet said in a statement. However, the statement of the US representatives bypasses the question of whether such activity of the Western military bloc in the Black Sea corresponds to the real needs of ensuring regional security.

Meanwhile, the increasingly growing military activity of the NATO countries led by the United States in the Black Sea region causes justifiable concern in the Republic of Abkhazia.

It is completely incomprehensible how this kind of NATO military exercises can contribute to "strengthening regional security" and from whom is the US going to "defend Europe"? Who exactly have NATO countries ranked as “likely adversaries”? There is much more reason to believe that military exercises under the auspices of the United States, taking place in the Black Sea, are contributing to further escalation of tension in the region, giving arguments to the supporters of military solutions", says commentary the RA Foreign Ministry.

The RA MFA is convinced that the active involvement of Tbilisi in the military exercises of the NATO member states creates an additional threat to peace and stability in the region and can provoke an increase in revanchist sentiments in Georgia.

"Such a development of events can lead to unpredictable consequences and provoke a new round of tension, both in the Black Sea basin and in the South Caucasus," the Abkhaz Foreign Ministry said.

The RA Ministry of Foreign Affairs once again appeals to the United States and its NATO allies to refrain from conducting military exercises in the Black Sea using various types of modern military equipment.

The entire responsibility for the possible negative consequences rests entirely with the United States and its NATO allies in the event of tension escalation in the region, the RA MFA believes.