Ruling party Secretary: Gov’t will “always work” for restoration of territorial integrity, but not through war
Mdinaradze stressed that the statement of the Ukrainian official was a “call for war”. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government would “always work” to ensure restoration of its territorial integrity and unification of “sisters and brothers” across the occupation line, but the objective would not be accomplished through war.
Mdinaradze was commenting on the statement of Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine, who on Tuesday said that “Georgia should, if it considers that this is its territory [Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region], rise up and defend its country”.
The Georgian Government will always work to ensure the return of its territories, the unification of the country, the return of its sisters and brothers - Abkhazians and Ossetians, but it will not happen through war. Many people seem to want it to happen through war, but our sisters and brothers in Abkhazia and Tskhinvali region [South Ossetia] should know that Georgia will never do it through war”, the GD official said.
Mdinaradze stressed that the statement of the Ukrainian official was a “call for war”.
I say that this statement is harmful, it is a hostile statement towards Georgia, which calls us for war”, he noted.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on March 28 said the Georgian Government remained committed to the policy of peaceful de-occupation and would resist “all provocations” aimed at escalating a new military confrontation with “our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters”.
Kobakhidze stressed any war in the Russian-occupied Abkhazia and Tskhinvali would mean conflict not only against the Russian occupation forces, but also with Abkhazian and Ossetian populations.
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The Georgian Government remains committed to the policy of peaceful de-occupation and will resist “all provocations” aimed at escalating a new military confrontation with “our Abkhaz and Ossetian brothers and sisters,” Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Monday.
The ruling Georgian Dream party and opposition MPs on Sunday asserted the country was on a “peaceful path” and would not get involved in war, following remarks by Oleksiy Danilov, the Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council, who said Georgia would “greatly help” Ukraine by opening military fronts against Russia to forcefully regain control over the occupied breakaway Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday rejected the calls of the Lelo for Georgia opposition party for imposing visa requirements for Russian and Belarusian citizens to prevent security threats in Georgia on the backdrop of Russia’s war in Ukraine by calling it a “deliberate, xenophobic campaign that is absolutely disgraceful”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said involvement of Georgia in the military conflict amid Russia's war in Ukraine would bring the “most severe consequences to our country and its citizens”, and stressed the Government would "do everything" to prevent the country from being "dragged into war".
United Nations Security Council member and incoming member states on Monday released a joint statement that called on Russia to withdraw its military and security forces from the occupied regions of Georgia “without delay”.