Foreign Ministry of Georgia has disseminated a statement wherein it condemns the ongoing restoration of the Abkhazian section of the Georgian Railway and demands Russia to stop unlawful actions.
Deputy Defense Minister of Russia Dmitry Bulgakov told reporters, Monday, that 500 Russian railway troops and 50 units of special vehicles are working from Ochamchire to Enguri in order to restore the 33-km railway. The Georgian Foreign Ministry has condemned "the aggressive and provocative actions of Moscow" and urged the world community to take measures against the "illegal policy aimed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia."
Tbilisi broke off diplomatic relations with Russia after Moscow had recognized independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia in August 2008. In Georgia Abkhazia and South Ossetia have the occupied territories status. Representatives of the new government, who had come to power according to results of 2012 parliamentary elections, named normalization of relations with Russia to be one of the main priorities of the country's foreign policy, but not at expense of the country's territorial integrity.
On November 24, 2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin The railway communication with Armenia should be rehabilitated via opening the Abkhaz railway section.
The launch of the Abkhaz railway section is of strategic importance to Armenia, because it is the shortest and cheapest way to Russia.