Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, on Wednesday “strongly” condemned the illegal transfer of territory in the Bichvinta resort in Georgia’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region to Russia.
“The Abkhaz de-facto parliament ratified late at night the transfer of territory of Bichvinta to Russia. We strongly condemn this illegal act and declare all […] actions carried out during occupation null and void”, Samkharadze said in a social media message.
The Georgian official emphasized the act would be “remedied once Georgia restores its jurisdiction over Abkhazia”.
Despite the long protests of part of the population of Abkhazia, activists, civil society and opposition forces, the de facto parliament of Abkhazia met today, December 27, at 6 o’clock in the morning and made a decision to transfer the Bichvinta country house to Russia.
The agreement grants ownership on all construction on the territory of the Bichvinta holiday area to the Russian Federal Protection Service, with the surrounding 186-hectare land transferred to Russia on a 49-year lease.
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