International recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia: Difference between revisions

|{{LUX}} || A joint [[Ministry of State (Luxembourg)|Ministry of State]] and [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Luxembourg)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] statement states "We noted with regret the decision taken by the Russian authorities to recognise the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, a decision contrary to the basic principles of the UN Charter and the OSCE. It is contrary with the obligations which Russia took on several occasions at the time of Security Council resolution votes, in particular [[UN Security Council Resolution 1808|Resolution 1808]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/communiques/2008/08-aout/26-asselborn-pm-communique/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080901163210/http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/communiques/2008/08-aout/26-asselborn-pm-communique/index.html|url-status=dead|title=Déclaration conjointe de Jean-Claude Juncker et de Jean Asselborn suite à la reconnaissance par la Russie de l'indépendance de l'Abkhazie et de l'Ossétie du Sud|archive-date=1 September 2008}}</ref> Nevertheless, South Ossetia named a representative for the [[Benelux]] countries.<ref name="auto2"/>

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|{{NED}} || [[Minister of Foreign Affairs (Netherlands)|Dutch Foreign Minister]] [[Maxime Verhagen]] expressed on behalf of the cabinet his "great concern" about the Russian position and said that "for the Netherlands, the territorial integrity of Georgia within the internationally recognised borders, also earlier recognised by Russia, remains the basis for a solution to this crisis. The one-sided recognition of South Ossetia and Abkhazia by Russia does not bring this solution nearer".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nisnews.nl/public/280808_3.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831115834/http://www.nisnews.nl/public/280808_3.htm|url-status=dead|title=Netherlands Fears for EU Relations with Russia|archive-date=31 August 2008}}</ref> Nevertheless, South Ossetia named a representative for the [[Benelux]] countries.<ref name="auto2"/>

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|{{VNM}} || In 2008, [[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam)|Ministry of Foreign Affairs]] Spokesman Le Dung publicly reiterated that Vietnam's "consistent policy is to promote peaceful resolution of international disputes in accordance with basic principles of international law and the [[United Nations Charter]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/265214/Default.aspx |title=Vietnam supports peaceful solutions to int'l disputes |access-date=7 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907072450/http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/265214/Default.aspx |archive-date=7 September 2008 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In a non-public conversation, [[Phạm Bình Minh]], then the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, told [[Michael W. Michalak]], the [[List of ambassadors of the United States to Vietnam|Ambassador of the United States to Vietnam]], that Georgian President Saakashvili's decision to invade South Ossetia was the reason for the crisis and added that Russia's decision was "a direct consequence of the US-led movement to recognize Kosovo", which Vietnam had opposed.<ref name="Donnacha Ó Beacháin"/> In 2022, the Vietnamese Ambassador in Venezuela established a first official contact with the Abkhaz Ambassador in that country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mfaapsny.org/en/allnews/news/embassies/zaur-gvadzhava-prinyal-uchastie-v-torzhestvennykh-meropriyatiyakh-po-sluchayu-77-y-godovshchiny-neza/ |title=Zaur Gvadzhava participated in the celebrations on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of Vietnam's |access-date=26 September 2022 }}</ref>

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