PM on humanitarian aid to Ukraine:
Georgia doing "the best a small country can do"
PM Garibashvili highlighted Georgia ranked first among 191 countries with its supply of 550 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, in comments on the subject. Photo: PM's press office.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has highlighted Georgia's contribution to international support for Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s invasion by saying his Government was "doing its best" both in sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine and providing assistance to Ukrainians affected by the war and currently located in Georgia.
Garibashvili highlighted Georgia ranked first among 191 countries with its supply of 550 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine, in comments on the subject.
We are doing our best - starting with healthcare and education for all those refugees from Ukraine who have come to Georgia and now live here […] I visited the Ukrainian-language classes created by the Minister of Education in Tbilisi - and he is now going to open a similar one in Batumi as well. We are doing our best with our budget," Garibashvili said.
Earlier today the Ministry of Internal Affairs released data showing an increased number of asylum seekers from Ukraine. While only three citizens of Ukraine had registered for the status in Georgia last year, in the first three months of 2022 a total of 126 Ukrainian nationals applied.
Georgia has been providing large-scale humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since the start of hostilities in the country last month, while also extending support to Ukrainian citizens in Georgia.
In the first three months of the year, 364 foreign citizens were registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, with 126 Ukrainian nationals and 21 Russian citizens requesting the status in the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Friday.
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 ranked first among 191 countries in its supply of 400 tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine as of April 1, the Georgian Economy Ministry said on Monday, citing the data of the national post of Ukraine.
Georgia is “very much in solidarity” with Ukraine, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili told Imedi TV on Friday, adding the country had offered assistance to Ukraine starting with the “very first day” of the Russian invasion.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted Georgia’s “full solidarity” with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people since the outbreak of the war in the country, adding the support was evidenced by “appropriate political and diplomatic steps” in bilateral or multilateral formats.
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.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili will participate in the second summit of the Crimea Platform, created at the initiative of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, on Tuesday, the Presidential Administration said.