Georgian parliament speaker invited to Crimean platform by his Ukrainian counterpart
Papuashvili highlighted a “very intensive” communication and exchange of information between the “friendship” groups of the Georgian parliament and the Ukrainian rada and stressed the countries should have a “very warm and friendly” relationship. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday, in an interview with the Georgian Public Broadcaster, announced that Ruslan Stefanchuk, the chair of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had invited him to participate in the Crimean platform, to be held in Croatia on October 25.
In comments about communication with his Ukrainian counterpart, Papuashvili said during his visit to Ukraine in April, he had developed a “very warm relationship” with him and they have been still in contact.
Papuashvili highlighted a “very intensive” communication and exchange of information between the “friendship” groups of the Georgian parliament and the Ukrainian rada and stressed the countries should have a “very warm and friendly” relationship.
The main thing is that Georgia stands by Ukraine more than a country in a situation like ours could do. [...] There are politicians in Ukraine who are interested in warm relations between Georgia and Ukraine, and these relations “really exist", the parliament speaker added.
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, along with the parliamentary delegation of Georgia, met with Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada Chair Ruslan Stefanchuk and denounced Russia’s military aggression in Ukraine on an official visit to the country on Saturday.
A Georgian parliamentary delegation chaired by speaker Shalva Papuashvili will attend the inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit on Tuesday, with the event hosted in the Croatian capital of Zagreb due to Russia’s ongoing aggression against Ukraine.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the country’s delegation would “once again” express support for Ukraine at the inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit, which opened in the Croatian capital city of Zagreb earlier today to focus on Russia's aggression against Ukraine, including its illegal annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the ongoing war in the country.
Ukrainian and Croatian parliament speakers have expressed gratitude to their Georgian colleague Shalva Papuashvili for his participation in the recently held inaugural Crimea Platform Parliamentary Summit in Zagreb.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said the country’s legislative delegation had arrived in Prague, the Czech Republic, to express Tbilisi’s support for Ukraine at the Second Parliamentary Summit of the Crimea Platform on Tuesday.