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The Georgian Foreign Ministry hailed the statements by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen and EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton condemning the construction of fences by Russian troops in the Georgian-Ossetian conflict zone.

" Their statements clearly stress that this process is an infringement of Georgia's territorial integrity and negatively affects the humanitarian situation of the local population and contradicts Russia's international obligations," the statement reads.

Rasmussen urged the Russian government to reverse its decision on recognition of the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a statement of the Head of the North Atlantic Alliance reads.

Rasmussen said that NATO's position on this issue is clear: the Alliance "supports territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia within its internationally recognized borders."

Catherine Ashton also expressed serious concern about the continuation and intensification of construction of fences along the administrative dividing line between the territory governed by Georgia's central government and Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions by Russian security forces and other structures.

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Vice-President of the European Commission Catherine Ashton expressed serious concern about the continuation and intensification of construction of fences along the administrative dividing line between the territory governed by Georgia's central government and Abkhazia and Tskhinvali regions by Russian security forces and other structures.