EUMM hosts H.E. Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly, on a field visit

Tbilisi, 25 July 2022 – The EU Monitoring Mission in Georgia (EUMM) hosted today H.E. Abdulla Shahid, President of the United Nations General Assembly and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Maldives, on a field visit to the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) with South Ossetia. 

EUMM’s Head of Mission Marek Szczygieł welcomed Mr Shahid in the Odzisi area where he briefed him on the most recent security and humanitarian developments on the ground. He further highlighted the challenges that conflict-affected communities continue to face on both sides of the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) in light of the protracted closure of the Odzisi crossing point.

At the end of the visit, Mr Shahid thanked the Mission for the briefing and for its continued contribution to stability as the only international monitoring mission on the ground.