Parliament vice speaker: US, EU must distance themselves from Ukraine gov’t calls for Georgia to “engage in war”
On September 8, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said the “only interest” of “certain representatives” of the Ukrainian government was to “somehow turn Georgia into a second front” amid the Russian invasion. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Gia Volski, a ruling party MP and the vice speaker of the Georgian parliament, on Tuesday called on the United States and the European Union to “distance themselves” from statements from some Ukrainian government figures about the need to “see Georgia engage in war” amid the Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory.
The United States and the European Union must distance themselves from the statements we hear every day from Ukraine about the need to [see Georgia] engage in war, [for an] overthrow [of] the [Georgian] government and bring[ing] in [of] a government capable of starting a war”, the parliament official said.
On September 8, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said the “only interest” of “certain representatives” of the Ukrainian government was to “somehow turn Georgia into a second front” amid the Russian invasion.
In his remarks over the matter, Kobakhidze stressed Georgian citizens “do not want a war and a second front”, and added the government would “defend this position as much as possible”.
Kakha Kaladze, the mayor of Tbilisi and the secretary general of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said it was “important to maintain peace and tranquillity” in the country and promote economic development, and stressed Georgia would “not open a second front” amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the “only interest” of “certain representatives” of the Ukrainian Government was to “somehow turn Georgia into a second front” amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine.
Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday slammed David Arakhamia, a member of the ruling People's Servant party in the Ukrainian Rada of Georgian descent, for making “unfriendly” statements towards Georgia.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday slammed Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, for making “unsubstantiated” allegations towards Georgian authorities.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the bill on deoligarchisation, a draft addressing one of the conditions of the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status, would not be passed by the ruling team if consensus among the nongovernmental sector, the “radical” domestic opposition and the EU was against it.
Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday slammed David Arakhamia, a member of the ruling People's Servant party in the Ukrainian Rada, by saying it was “sad” to see a high-ranking official of a country “in a severe war find time to make statements on Georgian internal political issues”.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, on Monday condemned comments by David Arakhamia, a member of the ruling People's Servant party in the Ukrainian Rada, on Georgia’s domestic politics as a “violation and interference in the internal affairs” of the country.
The Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday called on Ukrainian authorities to hand Zurab Adeishvili, the wanted former Prosecutor General and Justice Minister of Georgia, and Gia Lortkipanidze, the wanted former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, over to Georgia in response to comments by a Ukrainian official on domestic Georgian politics.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday wished Ukraine peace, an end to the conflict with Russia “soon” and reintegration of its territories in his Victory Day messages commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany by Allied forces in World War II.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Tuesday alleged a “propaganda” effort against the country in response to a statement by Mykhailo Podolyak, an adviser to the Head of the Ukrainian President's Office, who on Sunday said Georgia had “no chance of becoming a member of the European Union”.