“If we look at the external borders of Europe it will become obvious to us that today peace, security, stability and prosperity are not taken for granted. The situation in Belarus, eastern Ukraine, Crimea, Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabakh and, of course, Syria and Libya is more than alarming. There we see how fundamental rights and freedom of the press are under pressure, ” said Angela Merkel.

“If the German Chancellor limited herself in her “concern” to Ukraine, then this could still be understood on the basis of Berlin's policy of publicly encouraging the Kiev authorities. But in such an arbitrary expansion of the list of countries and regions of concern to Berlin, there is a clearly inadequate desire of the German Chancellor to try on the role of the world gendarme, "overseeing" order not only in Ukraine and Belarus, but also in the Middle East and the South Caucasus ", - the RA MFA stated.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Abkhazia draws attention to the fact that speaking about the "alarming situation" in a number of regions, the German Chancellor bypasses the question of the reasons for this state of affairs.

The Abkhazian Foreign Ministry is also puzzled by the fact that "Mrs. Merkel does not seem to notice the extremely provocative actions of Kiev aimed at aggravating the situation in Donbass." Nor does she see the increased activity of the United States and NATO countries in the Black Sea.

“In the context of the risky course of escalation in the Donbass, Berlin and other European capitals, which Ukraine is pursuing today, it would be necessary to take the necessary measures to reduce tensions in eastern Ukraine. But instead of this there is only provocative rhetoric, traditional for European politicians and unwillingness to help in any way to defuse the situation. One can predict what grave consequences such actions can lead to, ” the RA Foreign Ministry said in a commentary.

The Foreign Ministry of Abkhazia is convinced that "a genuine settlement in eastern Ukraine, as well as in other conflict regions, presupposes strict observance of previously reached agreements, abandoning the course of encouraging provocations and facilitating constructive dialogue between the parties concerned."