South Ossetia Condemns EU Pressure on Syria to Revoke Recognition

South Ossetia's foreign ministry accused EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of political blackmail after she proposed that Syria withdraw recognition of the breakaway republic's independence. The statement frames the EU move as interference in sovereign decisions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia. This marks a diplomatic escalation over the contested status of the territories, though the EU's proposal has not yet been formally adopted.