Parliament Speaker confirms readiness to visit Ukraine
Papuashvili said supporting Ukraine and its people was “our moral and historic duty, and we will honour and fulfil this duty” in comments on the invitation by Stefanchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday confirmed his readiness to visit Ukraine on invitation from his Ukrainian counterpart Ruslan Stefanchuk, with the trip aimed to support the country amid the Russian invasion.
Papuashvili said supporting Ukraine and its people was “our moral and historic duty, and we will honour and fulfil this duty” in comments on the invitation by Stefanchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
My Ukrainian colleague reiterated his desire to host me in Ukraine, to personally share human tragedies and the results of destruction caused by the Russian aggression. Today we are planning to hold a more extensive conversation regarding the ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine and the European future of our countries,” Papuashvili said.
The Georgian official stressed there was a “room for solving every misunderstanding” between authorities of the two states that have recently been raised on matters in the wake of the Russian invasion.
We will discuss Georgia-Ukraine relations and our coordination needs in order to avoid the misunderstandings similar to those that have recently taken place, and to further strengthen the historically brotherly bonds between our countries and nations,” the Parliament Speaker concluded.
The opposition is trying to “artificially create” a situation to present the Georgian Government as not being in solidarity with Ukraine amid Russian invasion of the latter in an “absurd” attempt, Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, told Imedi TV on Friday.
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.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, recalled Georgia’s efforts to assist his county, saying Georgia had “always” supported Ukraine and co-sponsored important resolutions.
In an interview with Georgia’s TV Imedi on Tuesday, Stefanchuk said he had watched the solidarity rallies for Ukraine held in various Georgian cities.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and his Ukrainian counterpart have agreed the upcoming visit of the Georgian official to Ukraine in an online meeting on Wednesday, with the trip to be organised in the coming days, the Georgian Parliament’s press office said.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker, has welcomed the overcoming of “misunderstandings” between authorities of Ukraine and Georgia over their stances on the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine, as his Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili is preparing to visit the country defending itself from the Russian invasion.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Wednesday he had offered the majority and opposition MPs to each select three delegates for a visit to Ukraine amid the war, but the opposition disagreed.
Papuashvili explained the opposition had requested the delegation to include one representative from each political party, which would create “logistic difficulties.”
A delegation of eight Georgian MPs, led by Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, will reportedly pay a visit to Ukraine tomorrow, amid Russia’s ongoing military invasion of the country.