By IRNA,
Berlin : The German government has lashed out on Monday at the decision of Russia’s upper house of parliament to recognize Georgia’s breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, according to media reports.
Deputy government spokesman Thomas Steg urged the Kremlin not to abide by the declaration of the Russian lawmakers.
The demand to recognize Abkhazia and South Ossetia runs counter to the principle of Georgia’s territorial integrity, he added.
Steg stressed that the vote in the Russian upper house of parliament or Federation Council was not binding but was in fact only of a declaratory nature.
Germany has repeatedly called for the full withdrawal of all Russian troops from Georgia.