UKRAINE, AZERBAIJAN, BELARUS BOYCOTTED ABKHAZIA AND S. OSSETIA
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15:30 / 08/20/2009
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry suggests Ukrainians to retain from visiting
Abkhazia and South Ossetia and entering Georgia through Adler and
Nizhny Zaramag check points of Georgian-Russian boundary.
Foreign Ministries of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Poland and Germany
called their citizens to abstain from breaking Georgian law,
particularly entering Abkhazia and South Ossetia through Russian check
points. However, currently crossing Georgian border is impossible
and unsafe, as its border with S. Ossetia and Abkhazia is closed.
One can enter the Caucasian countries only Russian territory.
Armenian authorities have never banned or called its citizens not to
go to either of the mentioned countries.
However, RA Foreign Ministry informs that Abkhazian or Ossetian
entry visa, stamped on Russian check point mechanically encourages
prosecution in Georgia.
MFA Spokesman Tigran Balayan said previously such cases were frequent,
however deceased dramatically within last year.