President Zourabichvili: Georgia participates in all int’l financial sanctions and resolutions to support Ukraine
Zourabichvili told the channel her country was “in solidarity” with Ukraine in the wake of the Russian attack that started on February 24. Photo: Presidential Administration
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Georgia participates in all kinds of international financial sanctions and resolutions that have been used to support Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, President Salome Zourabichvili told CNN on Thursday.
Zourabichvili told the channel her country was “in solidarity” with Ukraine in the wake of the Russian attack that started on February 24.
We are participating in all kinds of international financial sanctions and that's quite something for the Georgian financial sector. At the same time, we are participating in all the international resolutions that have been taken to support Ukraine. We share [with Ukraine] a common two-century history of Russian aggression and we know what that means,” the Georgian President said.
Responding to the subject of sending armaments to Ukraine, Zourabichvili noted “Georgia cannot really make a difference in this regard.”
She also recalled the Russian military aggression against Georgia in 2008, pointing out that the aim of the 2008 Russia-Georgia war was to “discourage our aspirations” toward the European Union and NATO.
The more pressure we feel from Russia, the more it becomes clear to us that Europe is the only prospect for Georgia, Ukraine and all of Russia's neighbours,” the President of Georgia concluded in her interview.
The United States will not recognise the results of any effort by “Russia or its proxies” to “divide sovereign Georgian territory”, State Department spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday, following information on plans by Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) to hold a referendum on joining Russia.
Russia's aggression has “failed to stop” Georgia from moving towards Europe, and the newly created “window of opportunity” is the European Union's “rightful response” to this aggression, Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili said on Thursday in a meeting with Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod.
No referendum in Georgia's Russian-occupied regions will have" any legal force" under the conditions of the occupation, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday in response to the information on the de facto authorities in the Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region planning to hold a referendum on joining the Russian Federation.
Georgia is in full compliance with the financial sanctions imposed by the international community against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Thursday.
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia said on Monday the information on Russia creating smuggling channels for sanctioned products using Georgian territory was “a completely baseless and absurd accusation.”
The information on Russia creating smuggling channels for sanctioned products using Georgian territory is "completely absurd and insulting", the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party MP and Parliament Vice Speaker Giorgi Kakhiani said on Monday.
British Ambassador to Georgia Mark Clayton said Georgia was “playing its part” in the package of international sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, in an interview released by Interpressnews agency on Monday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday appealed to Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission, to take into account the “will of Georgian people” and the “road taken by the country” in the upcoming decision over granting European Union membership candidate status to Georgia.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Sunday paid tribute to the servicemembers who had lost their lives in the Battle of Shindisi during the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia, as part of events marking the 14th anniversary of the conflict.