Giorgi Gakharia, chair of the party Gakharia for Georgia and former Prime Minister of Georgia, has stated that the accusations brought against him are politically motivated and coordinated with Russia and the occupation regime.
Gakharia was responding to remarks made by Igor Kochiev, head of the so-called South Ossetian “delegation,” who expressed hope that a Georgian police post near the village of Uista would be dismantled.
“At today’s meeting of the Incident Prevention and Response Mechanism (IPRM), the Tskhinvali occupation regime once again voiced its expectation that the Chorchana checkpoint — installed under my leadership to prevent further occupation — will be removed by the Georgian Dream government,” Gakharia wrote on social media.
He stressed that the checkpoint, located on Georgian-controlled territory, served to protect Georgian land from illegal seizure and to safeguard the local population from creeping occupation.
“The accusations against me related to the Chorchana case amount to political persecution and represent a direct attack on Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty. These actions are clearly coordinated with Russia and the occupation regime,” Gakharia stated.
Earlier, summarizing the 130th meeting of the IPRM, Igor Kochiev reiterated that there was “hope” the Georgian police checkpoint near the South Ossetian village of Uista would be dismantled.
“Among the issues we raised is the illegal presence of a Georgian police checkpoint on South Ossetian territory, near the village of Uista. So far, no breakthrough has occurred, but there is some hope that we will be able to persuade the Georgian side and that this checkpoint will be removed,” Kochiev was quoted by media outlets as saying.
