Vice PM: Ukraine visit “very important and successful”
The Vice PM noted the visit was important to “put an end to misunderstandings” during “direct contact” of Georgian and Ukrainian counterparts. Photo: 1tv.ge.
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Thea Tsulukiani, the Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Culture Minister, on Tuesday said the visit of the Parliamentary delegation from the country to Ukraine over the weekend had been “very important and successful” amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Tsulukiani said “many misunderstandings” that had arisen between authorities of the two states in recent weeks were “dispelled” during the visit of Georgian officials, adding it had “turned out” that “much of the information” that “Ukrainian friends were worried about” had been “based on lies” supplied to them by “certain groups” from Georgia.
Tsulukiani expressed gratitude to Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, the head of the delegation, and other MPs both from the Parliamentary majority or the opposition that formed the visiting group.
The Vice PM noted the visit was important to “put an end to misunderstandings” during “direct contact” of Georgian and Ukrainian counterparts.
"They [Ukrainian authorities] know that Georgia and the Georgian people, with the involvement of various branches of Government, are standing by their side during this difficult time," Tsulukiani concluded
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Monday the Georgian parliamentary delegation had observed “signs of war crimes” during their visit to Ukraine on the weekend.
There have been no demands from the Ukrainian authorities to their Georgian counterparts on sanctions against Russia, as Georgia is already a part of all international measures imposed on the Kremlin following its invasion of Ukraine, Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said in an interview released by the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Sunday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, along with the parliamentary delegation of Georgia, met with Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chair Ruslan Stefanchuk and denounced Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine on an official visit to the country on Saturday.
The Georgian Parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and involving representatives of both the ruling party and Parliamentary opposition, departed for its official visit to Ukraine on Friday, the Georgian Public Broadcaster said.
The Helsinki Commission, the US government agency for security and cooperation in Europe, commended the visit of the Georgian parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, to Ukraine amid the war, saying their display of solidarity was “heartening to see.”