The Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom have issued a joint statement regarding the Russia-Georgia War. The joint statement was published on social media by the British Embassy in Georgia.
As stated in the joint declaration, the Foreign Ministries reaffirm their full support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders.
“August 7th is a date when we remember the grave consequences of Russian imperialism. On this day in 2008, the Russian Federation took military action against Georgia, further damaging Georgia’s territorial integrity by occupying the Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
18 years after the Russian aggression, we reaffirm our full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders. We welcome the Republic of Naoero’s decision to withdraw its recognition of the so-called independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia. We urge states that have established diplomatic relations with these entities to follow this example.
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In October 2025, the European Court of Human Rights found the Russian Federation guilty of many violations committed in the occupied breakaway regions, including excessive use of force, ill-treatment, unlawful detention and unlawful restrictions on day-to-day movement across the administrative boundary line between Georgian-controlled territory and Russian-occupied territory. We urge Russia to implement the rulings of the European Court of Human Rights relating to this situation and to fully fulfil the commitments it made on August 12 and September 8, 2008,” the statement reads.
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Furthermore, the Foreign Ministries of France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom expressed grave concern over the recent agreement signed between Moscow and the de facto authorities of South Ossetia, describing it as a clear violation of international law.
“We are concerned about the latest developments in South Ossetia. The “Agreement on Deepening Alliance and Cooperation” signed on May 9, 2026, between Moscow and the de facto authorities of South Ossetia further violates Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, in clear breach of international law. This document, as well as the appointment of a Russian citizen to head the region, raises concerns about a possible full-fledged annexation of the region, which would not go unanswered.
We reaffirm our support for the “Geneva International Discussions” (GID) platform, co-chaired by the European Union, the OSCE, and the United Nations. This is the only framework that will enable the parties to work towards conflict resolution. We commend the work of the European Union Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM), and we will continue to support the role of the mission,” the joint statement concludes.
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weak bait
Or maybe I just don't feel like I can make an informed conclusion on an obscure ethnopolitical conflict in the Caucasus without more information?
Exactly. If only there was some modern context about Russia's imperialistic behaviors to help one decide which side of this issue to side with.
Yes, as opposed to the paragons of anti-imperialism Britain, Germany and France. I don't choose what to think about complex issues based on "this or that country bad," but even if I did everybody here is bad.
That doesn't make Russia's doing it acceptable. It just makes your defense of it all the more offensive and hypocritical. As well as eminently predictable. Perhaps all these big states, China included should stop saver rattling and trying to steal territory.
Uh... did you even read what I wrote? I didn't defend anything; I said that neither party involved deserves trust and asked if anyone has useful information about this. For the record this is quite obviously a Russian land grab, but that doesn't discount the possibility that South Ossetia has a valid claim to independence that it's realizing by cooperating with Russia's land grab. However it obviously doesn't prove that possibility either, which is why I asked.
This you? Whataboutism is a defense. A bad defense, but it is a defense. Had you stopped at the post before that. Yes you were asking for more information and there's nothing wrong with that. But you reflexively dove in to pre defend. Something I've seen you do quite often when it comes to a certain group of powerful oppressive states. But not for others. Odd. That type of behavior is wrong whoever does it. And Russia has a long history of meddling with countries and states along their border.
Yes, this me, for reasons that would be made clear in the very next sentence. Again, everyone here sucks so "you should side against this entity by default" just doesn't work even as a rule of thumb here. Whataboutism is only such if it's not relevant to the argument at hand; Britain, France and Germany being about as trustworthy as Russia (which is to say, not at all) is very much relevant as a response to someone saying I should distrust Russia but not Britain, France and Germany by default.
Uh... you sure you have the right guy? I have a lot of criticism for the West, but that doesn't make me pro-Russia or China or what have you. Just in case I searched the Fediverse for instances of me mentioning Russia, and almost all of it is negative. Hell, apparently I've argued that Russia should be dismantled (losing at least its territories east of the Urals) before.