Fourteen years ago, Russia invaded Georgia, taking hundreds of lives and leaving over a hundred thousand people as refugees and IDPs in their own homeland. To this day, the Russian Federation is in clear violation of international law and continues to occupy the two regions of Georgia, Abkhazia, and Tskhinvali region. Russia continues its malign activities by conventional and unconventional methods, taking steps towards factual annexation of the two regions constituting more than 20% of Georgia’s internationally recognized territory, discriminating against thousands of ethnic Georgians.
To mark the 14th anniversary of the 2008 August War and Russia’s ongoing acts of aggression, our friends in Washington, government officials from the executive and legislative branches, members of the think tank community/academia, and the diplomatic corps shared messages of support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
#Aug2008War #NoToOccupation: