"We are dealing with a very lively process, with a living threat that is a daily challenge for our country and for our tens of thousands of citizens". Such statement Ketevan Tsikhelashvili, Acting State Minister for Reconciliation and Civic Equality made in Parliament at a joint meeting of Human Rights and Civil Integration, Legal Affairs, Defense and Security and Procedural Issues and Rules Committees.

As she said, its already 11 years that the country has been living under open Russian occupation and population has to deal with many difficulties every day.

“We have to deal with the very difficult legacy we received after the August 2008 war and continue to do so on a regular basis. Recent episodes, such as the construction of illegal barricades in the village of Gugutiantkari, the detention of our citizens in the church, in the village of Adzvistavi, or the additional restriction of movement, as it is today, this time for two days to Akhalgori, are a set of tools that this regime uses for 11 years. Of course, it is the hardest thing when it comes to human life. The gravest cases of our 4 young people - Basharuli, Otkhozoria, Tatunashvili and Kvaratskhelia - are tragedies not only for their families but for the whole society.

"All of this shows and reminds us that we are dealing with a very lively process, a living threat that is a daily challenge for our country and for our tens of thousands of citizens. This requires us to be very wise and principled in the process of overcoming these issues. About 50,000 of our citizens live in more than 100 villages across the occupation line; up to 300,000 IDPs who are not able to return home; about 200,000 people today live in occupied Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region. These regions are 70 percent deserted in live in the conditions of growing militarization and isolation.

“We all know that the most vulnerable are the Georgian population of Gali and Akhalgori, where their ethnicity is, unfortunately, the basis of discrimination. That is why these people, the protection of their rights and the improvement of their life will be our priority also on future. We also do not forget the population of Kodori, which is even more limited with the possibility of moving”, - said Ketevan Tsikhelashvili.