In 2023, the hotline in the direction of occupied Abkhazia was activated 374 times, and in the direction of occupied Tskhinvali - 1,585 times - this is stated in the annual report of the State Security Service, which has already been submitted to the parliament.

According to the SSSG, the State Security Service of Georgia actively used the "hot line" operating through the European Union observation mission for the incident recorded on the occupation line and its surrounding area.

According to their information, in 2023, three meetings of international discussions in Geneva were held, at which the representatives of the State Security Service, within the mandate, emphasized the dangers arising from the occupation in terms of security. Among them, attention was focused on gross violations of human rights, illegal detentions, so-called on the illegal process of bordering and others.

"In 2023, the representatives of the occupied Abkhazia were almost ready to resume the meetings of the incident prevention and response mechanism in Gali, although no effective step was taken by the occupation regime.

In 2023, 10 IPRM meetings were held in the direction of occupied Tskhinvali, including three - the so-called Technical meeting.

The representatives of the central government demanded the unconditional and immediate release of illegally detained persons at the mentioned meetings. It was emphasized that it is necessary to give the local population the right to free movement. Also, attention was focused on the so-called on the damaging consequences of the illegal bordering process," the report said.

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