Representatives of the occupation regime illegally detained a Georgian citizen in the vicinity of occupied Akhalgori this week.
The State Security Service said that upon receiving information about the incident, they activated the “hot line” operated by the European Union Monitoring Mission.
“Information about another fact of illegal detention was immediately reported to the co-chairs of international discussions in Geneva and international partners. All available mechanisms have been activated to have the illegally detained Georgian citizen released in the shortest possible time,” reads the information.
On Wednesday, occupation forces also unlawfully detained two Georgian citizens in Otobaia village in the occupied Gali region.
“The occupation forces bear full responsibility for the destructive actions carried out in the occupied regions of Georgia and along the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL),” the SSG said.
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