The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration does not recognize the so-called “presidential elections” held in Abkhazia region of Georgia on March 22. These pseudo-elections were held illegally on the territory of a sovereign and are ab initio null and void as they run counter to the fundamental principles of the international law set out in the Charter of the United Nations and the Final Helsinki Act, IPN reports.

In this connection, the Ministry calls on the international players to take all the necessary measures to ensure the strict observance of the provisions of the ceasefire agreement of August 12, 2008, in particular concerning peace, security and the respect for human rights, including by ensuring the unhampered access of the EU Mission for Monitoring the situation in Georgia’s Abkhazia and Tskhinvali Region/South Ossetia.

The Ministry noted that Moldova’s principled position is to further support the efforts made to politically-diplomatically settle the conflict around the two Georgian regions by observing the sovereignty, territorial integrity and internationally recognized borders of Georgia.