Thank you Mr Chairperson. I'd like to thank our Georgian colleagues for raising this important issue and join the EU and others in expressing our deep concern.
The United Kingdom was very disturbed to hear about the activities undertaken by Russia and the de-facto authorities of the breakaway region of South Ossetia on 17 April to create "borders" within Georgia. These actions serve only to further destabilise and increase hardship, and must cease.
We remain unwavering in our support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders and encourage all parties to redouble their engagement with the Geneva International Discussions and to implement the six-point agreement of 2008 and its Implementing Measures in full.
