Parliament Vice Speaker: information on Russia using Georgian territory for smuggling sanctioned goods “completely absurd and insulting”
Kakhiani was speaking following a statement by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine making the allegation, and denied the information. Photo: 1tv.ge
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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.
Kakhiani was speaking following a statement by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine making the allegation, and denied the information.
I would say otherwise, it is even insulting for our country when someone may have such a question,” the GD official said.
He questioned whether the information was related to the hybrid war waged against Georgia on the backdrop of hostilities in Ukraine.
The information by Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine alleged Georgian authorities had allowed smuggling of sanctioned goods to the Russian Federation through its territory.
The war in Ukraine “must end as soon as possible”, and the “human tragedies we see in the 21st century must be stopped”, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Monday in a remote meeting with representatives of Georgian diaspora organisations in Ukraine.
Georgia stands with Ukraine on the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of the country, and the Georgian Government has expressed its “strong support in all international formats”, Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said on Friday.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, called the statement of the Main Intelligence Division of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine on Russia creating smuggling channels for sanctioned products using Georgian territory a “lie” and “unacceptable”.
The information on Russia creating smuggling channels for sanctioned products using Georgian territory is “provocation” and “false”, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party MP Gia Tsagareishvili said on Monday.
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.”
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.
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 State Security Service (SSS) of Georgia on Tuesday urged Ukraine’s military intelligence to provide evidence of claims of secret ties between Georgian and Russian state services for organising smuggling of sanctioned goods through Georgian territory.