Georgian PM at the MSC panel: Russian aggression is a threat to the whole Euro-Atlantic world

PM Bakhtadze said that despite the challenges Georgia is facing the country has a big success story. Photo: PM's office

Agenda.ge, 17 Feb 2019 - 12:07, Tbilisi,Georgia

Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze participated in a panel discussion devoted to security issues in Eastern Europe at the Munich Security Conference last night.

He emphasised the negative impact of Russian aggression towards Georgia and Ukraine on the security and peace in the region.

Some of the experts claimed today that this is a threat to Eastern Europe. Let me disagree with this opinion and say that this is a threat to the whole Euro-Atlantic world. I think that there will not be a stable security in Europe unless it is not strong and tangible in the Black Sea region. We should join our efforts and consolidate the initiatives of those nations which believe in freedom and democracy,” PM Bakhtadze said.

He spoke about painful challenges which Georgia is facing and emphasised that despite them the country has a big success story.

Russia continues occupying 20 percent of our territories but we are a strong nation. I always try to underline that becoming a member of the EU and NATO is not only a political decision but a choice which is bases on national values. 80 percent of Georgian population supports the idea of EU-NATO membership. This is a national choice and we try to deliver this message to our good friends in the West,” Bakhtadze added.