Parliament Vice Speaker: Georgian delegation will visit Ukraine this week
"Now there is communication with the Ukrainian side and most likely, the delegation will leave this weekend, Friday or Saturday,” Sergeenko said, noting he would be part of the group. Photo: GHN.ge.
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A Georgian parliamentary delegation is expected to depart for Ukraine at the end of the week to observe the areas where Russian troops have committed atrocities, David Sergeenko, the Parliament Vice Speaker and MP of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Tuesday.
Sergeenko’s comments on the discussions on details of the proposed trip follow an invitation to Ukraine issued by Ukrainian authorities to their Georgian counterparts, with the Parliament official explaining there was willingness from both sides to agree the visit.
"The Georgian parliamentary delegation has never refused [the offer] and, on the contrary, it is our obligation to arrive in Ukraine. There was another discussion today where we discussed this issue. Now there is communication with the Ukrainian side and most likely, the delegation will leave this weekend, Friday or Saturday,” Sergeenko said, noting he would be part of the group.
On Monday, Chairman of the ruling party Irakli Kobakhidze said MPs from Georgian Dream would “probably visit” Ukraine along with members of opposition parties from the Georgian Parliament, adding details would be agreed between protocol services of the two countries’ state agencies.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili expressed his condolences over the death of three Georgian citizens in Ukraine on Saturday.
The Georgian Parliament has handed over a humanitarian aid package to the Red Cross Society for forwarding the cargo to people in Ukraine affected by the war on the weekend.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili reaffirmed the Government’s support for Ukraine amid Russia’s military aggression in a letter to Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Chair of the Verkhovna Rada, on Saturday.
Georgia continues to support Ukraine, and a delegation of the country’s Parliament will be ready to visit Ukraine “when opportunity arises,” Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said on Tuesday.