Tbilisi: The head of the Georgia State Security Services Grigol Liluashvili considered the Russian occupation biggest threat. He said illegal occupation by Russian Authorities in Abkhazia and the South Ossetia region of Georgia was a major threat to the national security of Georgia in the last year.
Liluashvili, said that Russia’s “processes aimed at annexation” continued in the past year. This happened in spite of the Russia-Ukraine war. The activities of the occupied forces included the same things as last year which included illegal military activities including illegal military exercises and rotation of personnel.
He further said that the large number of the Russian defense forces are still stationed in the occupied territory of Georgia and posed a big threat to Georgia’s integration.
According to intelligence reports and the observations of Georgian armed forces officials some personnel of the 7th and 4th military bases of the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation were involved in the Russian-Ukrainian war. They further blamed the occupying forces forcefully using the personnel from the occupied territories to fight against Ukraine against their wishes.
On this occasion Liluashvili further stated “The decision of the de facto authorities in Abkhazia to transfer 186 hectares in the Bichvinta resort town to Russia for 49 years. This is a clear reflection of the fact that Russia is not in the mood to relax the situation. Moreover they are taking steps that may escalate the ground situation in the future as well.”
It is worth mentioning that the Georgian defense experts expressed concern and wanted the other countries of the region to resist the moves of Russia, which may unstable the whole region due to occupation of Russian forces without any provocation from the Georgian side.
Liluashvili further blamed the recently signed “agreement” between the occupation regime and de facto Abkhazian authorities. He claimed that the restoration of the airport of the city of Sokhumi would provide Russia an additional reason to “strengthen its political and economic positions in the region.”
