EU ambassador: 2020 was a year that started with a political crisis and ended with another
EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Harzell has thanked Georgian doctors and medical workers for their fight against coronavirus in his New Year statement. Photo: EU in Georgia press office.
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EU Ambassador to Georgia Carl Harzell has said in his New Year statement that 2020 was a year that started with a political crisis and ended with another, election-related political crisis in Georgia.
I trust that Georgia will also overcome this one, but cannot help but hope for the day when all the political energy that goes into fighting each other, will go into uniting this country and making it as strong as it can be – indeed as strong as Georgian citizens deserve it to be,” Hartzell said.
He stated that ‘Georgia is a small country, but a great nation’.
2020 was tough for many, grim for some.
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) December 31, 2020
Closing the year with some thoughts, hopes and wishes for 2021.
My New Year’s video address here: https://t.co/sKnF7Cslot
გილოცავთ ახალ წელს! pic.twitter.com/wblu3aqB0U
Together you can realise your dreams and aspirations. Together you are unstoppable,” Hartzell stated.
He said that 2020 was a ‘very different year’.
The year when we all learned a new word: COVID-19. A tough year for many. A grim year for some, as some of us lost family members or loved ones to the pandemic, and others struggled under self-isolation or economic hardship,” Hartzell stated.
He stated that 2020 was also a year that ‘brought us closer together’, in cooperation and solidarity.
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