Georgian PM attends Ukraine Donors’ Conference to vow “continued support”
The PM took part in the Conference hosted at the Warsaw National Stadium, and was welcomed by his Polish and Swedish counterparts Mateusz Morawiecki and Magdalena Anderson. Photo: Government Administration
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Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili, on Thursday featured in the high-level International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine that was attended by leaders of a number of countries to pledge “continued support” for Ukraine, the Government Administration said.
The PM took part in the Conference hosted at the Warsaw National Stadium, and was welcomed by his Polish and Swedish counterparts Mateusz Morawiecki and Magdalena Anderson.
The conference participants - also including prime ministers of Spain, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, Albania, Croatia, Iceland, Slovakia, Slovenia and Norway - reviewed the situation created by the ongoing hostilities in Ukraine and discussed ways to resolve the humanitarian and economic crisis. They also heard a video address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The head of the Georgian Government addressed the participating leaders at a charity session during the conference.
Co-hosted by the prime ministers of Poland and Sweden in partnership with the Presidents of the Council of Europe and the European Commission, the Conference also saw participation by Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili and Ambassador of Georgia to Poland Zurab Beridze.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said the high-level Donors’ Conference for Ukraine was “truly an outstanding event” that symbolised the international community’s “full solidarity” with Ukraine amid the Russian aggression.
Georgia’s contribution to international support for Ukraine amid Russia’s invasion of the country is valued at $7 million, with the country continuing to provide assistance to more than 28,000 Ukrainians affected by the war and currently located in Georgia, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday at the International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine in Poland.
Georgia condemns Russia’s full scale military aggression against Ukraine, a “clear and blatant violation” of fundamental principles and norms of the international law as well as the United Nations Charter, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday at the International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Wednesday said the country’s Government was being “realistic” about what it could do for Ukraine at this stage of the war in the latter, in comments on recent controversial statements by some Ukrainian authorities.
Nothing will change Georgia’s determination to pursue its path toward the European Union and NATO membership, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Thursday in an interview with the French magazine Marie Claire.
Ilia Darchiashvili, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, described Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s visit to Poland and participation in the International Donors’ Conference for Ukraine as “very productive“ on Friday.
Close partnership between Georgia and Israel and prospects for its further development were discussed on Friday in a phone call between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid.
Vadym Boichenko, the Mayor of Ukraine’s besieged city of Mariupol, on Wednesday extended his gratitude to Georgian partners and the Government for their support of the country following the Russian invasion.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday said that his Government was "doing its best" to help "Ukrainian friends" amid the Russian invasion.
Georgia has “strongly supported" Ukraine in political, diplomatic and humanitarian dimensions since the beginning of the military aggression of Russia on the country, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in a report on the Government's activities, submitted to the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday.
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