Hungary -- with full support to the Statement by the spokesperson of EU High Representative Catherine Ashton on the elections in the breakaway region of South Ossetia in Georgia of 14 November 2011 -- does not recognise the constitutional and legal framework within which those elections were held.

Hungary considers that holding of such elections does not contribute to a peaceful and lasting settlement of the situation in Georgia and reiterates her full support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia within its internationally recognised borders.

(Ministry of Foreign Affairs)