This month marks the 13 years since Russia’s full-scale military intervention into Georgia in August 2008. To this day, the Russian Federation is in clear violation of international law and continues to occupy the two Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia. Russia continues its malign activities by conventional and unconventional methods, taking steps towards factual annexation of the two regions constituting 20% of Georgian internationally recognized territories, discriminating against thousands of ethnic Georgians.
In the context of the 13th year since the August 2008 War and Russia’s ongoing acts of aggression, American friends: Government officials from Executive and Legislative Branches, Members of Think Tank Community/Academia made public statements in support of Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. #Aug2008War #NoToOccupation:
– US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price
– US Embassy Tbilisi Statement
– US Mission to OSCE Tweet
– US Mission to UN Joint Statement
– US Senator Jeanne Shaheen
– Ambassador John Herbst Tweet
– Ambassador Michael McFaul Tweet
– Dr. Alina Polyakova Tweet
– Daniel Fried Tweet
– Ben Hodges Tweet
– Luke Coffey Tweet
– Atlantic Council Friends of Georgia Comments
The 2008 Russo-Georgian War: Putin’s green light
– Center for European Policy Analysis – CEPA Tweet & Article
– James Jay Carafano & Mamuka Tsereteli Article published in 19fortyfive.com –
The West Can’t Forget What Russia Did To Georgia