Ukrainian Presidential Advisor’s “misunderstood statements” “unfortunate” - Georgian FM
Darchiashvili also noted his Government was “doing its best” to help Ukraine “as much as possible” in the wake of Russian aggression, and expressed hope that there would be “no similar types of statements” that “complicate” the relationship between the two countries. Photo: Government's Administration.
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Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said comments by Oleksiy Arestovych, the Advisor to the Ukrainian President, on Georgian Government’s policies in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine were “unfortunate”.
Darchiashvili was responding to a statement by Arestovych who on Thursday said Ukraine did not interfere in Georgia's sovereign policy, but the Georgian Government’s “policies and statements” following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine would be “evaluated” by the Georgian people in elections.
The Georgian minister said the release of “misunderstood statements” was “unfortunate” on the backdrop of Georgia’s efforts to “develop bilateral relations”, adding the statement by the Ukrainian official was “damaging” to the relations.
Darchiashvili also noted his Government was “doing its best” to help Ukraine “as much as possible” in the wake of Russian aggression, and expressed hope that there would be “no similar types of statements” that “complicate” the relationship between the two countries.
Providing military assistance to Ukraine and opening a second front in Georgia in the war are the two questions the Georgian Government cannot be expected to take part in, Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said on Thursday in an interview with the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
The Georgian Government has a “principled position” on not allowing “any legal entity or individual” to use the territory of Georgia to circumvent international sanctions imposed against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday.
Certain sources are releasing “falsified conversations” in order to cause “mislead the public” and achieve a starting of a war in Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday in response to a release of an alleged recording of a call between Russian businessman Vladimer Evtushenkov and former Georgian Prime Minister Bidzina Ivanishvili this week.
Comments by Ukrainian Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych confirm that if the imprisoned former President Mikheil Saakashvili were in power in Georgia, the country would be embroiled in a war, Thea Tsulukiani, the Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Culture Minister, said on Tuesday.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Saturday rejected the “absurd accusations and insults” about his Government’s stance on the Ukraine war from the Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych, saying the statements were “damaging relations” between the two nations.
Georgian-Armenian friendly ties and positive dynamics in “all areas of bilateral cooperation” were discussed on Saturday in a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili and the President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturian.
Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Archil Talakvadze on Monday said reports in Ukrainian media on talks between Russia and Georgia over re-export of Russian goods to third countries were “unfounded and incorrect”.
Andrei Kasyanov, the Charge d'affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, was summoned on Monday to the Georgian foreign office over the claims of the Intelligence Service of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine about alleged talks between Russia and Georgia over re-export of Russian goods to third countries.