EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said during a joint news conference with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili that the EU fully supports Georgia’s territorial integrity, sovereignty and peaceful resolution of the conflict.

“The EU reiterated its firm support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders. The EU reiterated its firm commitment to peaceful conflict resolution in Georgia by using all instruments at its disposal including the policy of non-recognition and engagement. The work of the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia and of the EU Monitoring Mission demonstrate this strong commitment.

The Association council took note of the judgement of 21 January 2021 of the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber in the inter-State case concerning the armed conflict between Georgia and the Russian Federation in August 2008 and its consequences which concluded that after the 12 August 2008 the Russian Federation, “exercising effective control over Abkhazia and South Ossetia”, violated several provisions of the European Convention of Human Rights”, - said Josep Borell.