Parliament Vice Speaker calls Ukrainian intelligence information “unfounded and incorrect”
In his comments, the Parliament Vice Speaker added the “principled” position of the Government toward Ukraine amid the invasion would “not change”.Photo: Parliament's Press Office.
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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”.
The Georgian official was responding to reports citing Ukrainian intelligence services and making claims on the alleged talks following Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine.
Talakvadze said Georgia and its Government supported the territorial integrity of Ukraine, adding statements of individual representatives of Ukrainian authorities “can not weaken” Georgia's support for the country.
In his comments, the Parliament Vice Speaker added the “principled” position of the Government toward Ukraine amid the invasion would “not change”.
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 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”.
The Department of Strategic Communication of the Georgian Government on Thursday rejected as “disinformation” a tweet by a researcher of the Georgian-based Economic Policy Research Center thinktank that alleged Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili had claimed Georgia’s Western partners had wanted to drag the country “into the war” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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.
The Georgian Government would like to ask Ukrainian authorities to take a “responsible approach” to relations established between the nations, Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Monday following claims about alleged talks between Russia and Georgia over re-export of Russian goods to third countries.
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.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said Ukrainian state agencies were “damaging their own credibility” with statements about Russia’s ties with countries like Georgia and Hungary around the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, on Wednesday said the country was part of “all international decisions on the sanctions” imposed by the international community against Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine, and adhered to the agreements with Georgia’s international partners.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament Vice Speaker, on Tuesday said comments by the United Kingdom Ambassador Mark Clayton confirmed there was no evidence for claims by some Ukrainian authorities about Georgia being used to bypass sanctions placed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
The Georgian Government and citizens of the country are “doing their utmost” to express solidarity with Ukraine and stand by the Ukrainian people amid the war, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Archil Talakvadze said Thursday at a discussion dedicated to the 30th anniversary of Georgian-Ukrainian diplomatic relations in Tbilisi.