PM names “sabotage” among possible causes of wildfires across country, calls on citizens to “exercise caution”
While making remarks about potential subversion, the head of the Government also urged the citizens of the country to “exercise caution” in the recent dry climate. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday named “sabotage” among possible causes of ongoing wildfires across the country.
A lot of people have the perception that the fires may have been caused by the negligence of some people, it may have been caused by too much heat, there are versions that it may be some kind of sabotage - nothing is excluded”, Garibashvili said.
While making remarks about potential subversion, the head of the Government also urged the citizens of the country to “exercise caution” in the recent dry climate.
We cannot exclude anything, because we know the nature of the destructive forces operating inside the country and their subversive tendencies - nothing can be excluded, therefore the investigation must work in all directions and give an exhaustive answer to all versions, and I know that it will be so”, Garibashvili noted.
“I want to call on our citizens to be more careful. It hasn't rained for several weeks now, it is a difficult situation, but I want to point out that there are fires all over Europe, in America, everywhere, and it's a big challenge. So, we should be more responsible about such issues”, he concluded.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday extended his gratitude to “friendly” Türkiye and personally to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for offering assistance in putting out the Borjomi forest fire in the country’s central-western part.
A fire in the Shavnadaba forest near the Georgian capital of Tbilisi has been localised with the help of air assets, including specialised Turkish firefighting aircraft which have been combating Borjomi forest fires in the country’s central-western municipality since last Wednesday, the Georgian Emergency Management Service said on Monday.
The Emergency Management Service of Georgia on Wednesday called on the public to “act cautiously” to prevent fires breaking out in the country, citing the National Environment Agency as saying hot and dry weather, as well as strong winds, were forecast across the country until next Monday.
Georgian citizens must serve only Georgia, our motherland, the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told reporters on Thursday.
The main sources of fire in Georgia’s central-western Borjomi Municipality have been eliminated on the ninth day after the eruption of the blaze, the Georgian Interior Ministry said on Saturday.