The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia regards the regular exercises of Georgia and NATO as an open challenge to national security

Commentary by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia.

Sukhum. March 25. Apsnypress. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who arrived in Tbilisi to familiarize with the course of the command and staff exercises of Georgia and NATO, made a number of statements urging Russia to withdraw recognition of Abkhazia, stressing the North Atlantic Alliance’s sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia .
 
 In turn, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Abkhazia made a comment in which it considered the regular exercises of Georgia and NATO as an open challenge to national security.
 
 The commentary specifically states:
 
 “We urge Tbilisi and Brussels to realize the destructiveness of such a frank demonstration of their military ambitions.
 
 The duty statements of Georgia’s western partners in support of their client are unlikely to surprise anyone - they have long been part of the propaganda rhetoric of Washington and Brussels. At the same time, such ritual statements, coupled with the support of politicized Georgian resolutions at international platforms and the encouragement of military-political cooperation with NATO, give Georgian leaders high expectations, fuel militaristic sentiments, and undermine efforts to ensure peace and security in Transcaucasia.
 
 Tbilisi’s frank stakes on forced integration into NATO’s military structures make the declared “peacefulness” of Georgia all the more dubious. No "friendly" statements by Georgian officials can hide the fact that Georgia, with the support of western partners, is making efforts to increase its military potential. It is completely incomprehensible what alleged “security threats” Georgia is going to respond with its Western friends.
 
 We are convinced that the active process of Georgia’s interaction with NATO should be the subject of serious discussion by international mediators and participants in the consultations in Geneva. There is needed a clear understanding that possible attempts by Tbilisi to undermine efforts to ensure peace and security in Transcaucasia will be harshly stopped. ”