"Georgians stand with Ukraine" - civil activists, opposition hold solidarity rally in Tbilisi
The demonstrators carried Georgian and Ukrainian flags and banners, including ones that read: "Georgians stand with Ukraine" and "Georgia and Ukraine without Russia." Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Georgian civil activists and opposition politicians held a rally in solidarity with Ukraine outside the government administration offices in Tbilisi on Saturday.
Denouncing Russia's military buildup at the Ukrainian border, the demonstrators carried Georgian and Ukrainian flags and banners, including ones that read: "Georgians stand with Ukraine" and "Georgia and Ukraine without Russia."
Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
Droa opposition party leader Elene Khoshtaria said the rally aimed to show Georgia's support for the Ukrainian people.
The first and the very natural emotion, position, historical choice is a sense of solidarity with Ukraine," Khoshtaria noted.
Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
The Georgian parliament adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine on February 1, condemning "any military intention" aimed against the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine.
Ruling Georgian Dream party Head Irakli Kobakhidze said the Georgian government would monitor the developments in Ukraine and "make every further decision accordingly."
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, has said the Georgian government will make decisions to safeguard the country’s security, amid the raised tensions between Russia and Ukraine on the latter’s border.
Georgian foreign minister David Zalkaliani has condemned the Russian State Duma’s appeal to the country’s President Vladimir Putin yesterday to recognise the independence of Ukraine's Donetsk and Luhansk regions, saying the move would “further aggravate the already difficult situation and jeopardise international agreements."
The Georgian parliament has adopted a resolution initiated by the ruling Georgian Dream party in support of Ukraine amid the Russian military buildup at its border. Seventy-four MPs supported the draft resolution out of a hundred-and-seven MPs registered for the voting.
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