Georgia not eyes restoring railway communication with Russia
The Georgian government did not mull the issue of restoring the railway communication between Georgia and Russia via Abkhazia, said Georgian Ambassador to Azerbaijan Teymuraz Sharashenidze.
“Besides the economic component, this issue is also politically motivated,” he told reporters on August 7.
For Georgia, the issue of opening this railway is equivalent to the threat of territorial integrity, the diplomat said.
The railway communication between Georgia and Russia was terminated in August 1992.
Large-scale military action was launched between Georgia and Russia in South Ossetia on August 8, 2008. Later, Russian troops occupied Tskhinvali and expelled the Georgian military.
Russia recognized the independence of South Ossetia and Abkhazia in late August. In response, Tbilisi ended diplomatic relations with Moscow and has called the two unrecognized republics of Abkhazia and South Ossetia occupied territories.
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