Georgian ambassador returns to Ukraine, meets Ukrainian FM Kuleba
Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze (R) has also met with Deputy Ukrainian FM Vasyl Bodnar. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze returned to Ukraine earlier this week, amid tension at Ukrainian borders and met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and his deputy Vasyl Bodnar in Kyiv yesterday, the Georgian Foreign Ministry has reported.
Sharashenidze was recalled to Tbilisi in May 2020 after former President Mikheil Saakashvili became the chair of the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council.
Russian troops are moving currently near the eastern Donbass region where Ukrainian troops are in conflict with Russian-backed forces.
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— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) April 15, 2021
Georgia has expressed concerns over Russia’s actions.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has called for the return of the Georgian ambassador to Kyiv in her annual parliamentary address on April 10.
I express my #solidarity with our Ukrainian friends in their current #struggle. I consider it a sign of such solidarity that we urgently return our Georgian ambassador to #Kyiv. pic.twitter.com/CwgoUN7Iyc
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) April 10, 2021
On behalf of Georgia Sharashenidze has expressed support for Ukraine.
Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze, who was recalled to Tbilisi last year after former President Mikheil Saakashvili became chair of the executive committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council, will return to Kyiv.
Georgia has expressed concerns over Russian troop movements near the eastern Donbass region where Ukrainian troops are in conflict with Russian-backed forces.Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani held a phone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague amid Ukraine's standoff over a Russian troop buildup near its border.
Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze, who was recalled from Ukraine to Georgia for consultations nearly four months ago, will return back to Ukraine when needed, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani noted today.
The Georgian Ambassador to Ukraine Teimuraz Sharashenidze came to the Georgian Foreign Ministry for consultations earlier today due to the appointment of Georgia’s convicted ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili as chair of the executive committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council.
Georgian and Ukrainian Ministers of Foreign Affairs Davit Zalkaliani and Dmytro Kuleba have met today as part of the Romania-Poland-Turkey trilateral ministerial that is taking place in the Romanian capital of Bucharest on April 22-24.
Former Foreign and Defence Minister of Lithuania Linas Linkevicius says that after the recent escalation of the situation at Donbass, Ukraine by Russia, Georgia and Ukraine must receive the NATO Membership Action Plan (MAP). After several weeks of tension over a build-up of Russian troops near Ukraine's border, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has ordered the return of units back to their bases.