According to NATO, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit undermines the settlement of the conflict in Caucasus.
“President Putin’s visit to the Abkhazia region of Georgia – on the ninth anniversary of the armed conflict – is detrimental to international efforts to find a peaceful and negotiated settlement. We regret that this visit was carried out without prior consent of the Georgian authorities,” Dylan White, acting NATO spokesperson, said in Brussels on August 8.
The NATO member countries are united in “full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally-recognised borders,” he said.
“We will not recognise any attempts to change the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as regions of Georgia,” White said.
