FM says Georgia supports Ukraine in “political, diplomatic, humanitarian directions”
During the minister's report to MPs on his body’s work today, he clarified the government had supported and sponsored 55 resolutions, made 184 national statements, joined 139 statements of the European Union, 42 other joint statements and 24 initiatives “of other kinds" in support of Ukraine. Photo: MFA of Georgia
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Georgian minister of foreign affairs Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said his government was continuing its support for Ukraine in “political, diplomatic and humanitarian directions”, which he said had started with the launch of Russia's "full-scale military aggression" against the country.
Since the beginning of the war, the number of our statements, declarations and decisions supporting Ukraine in international organisations exceeds 400”, Darchiashvili said.
During the minister's report to MPs on his body’s work today, he clarified the government had supported and sponsored 55 resolutions, made 184 national statements, joined 139 statements of the European Union, 42 other joint statements and 24 initiatives “of other kinds" in support of Ukraine.
Darchiashvili also said Georgia had provided "significant financial and humanitarian aid" since the beginning of the war - including for more than 28,000 Ukrainians in Georgia - through social programmes and the implementation of Ukrainian-language classes in schools.
Georgia has been providing large-scale humanitarian assistance to Ukraine since the start of hostilities in the country last month, while also extending support to Ukrainian citizens in Georgia.
The Georgian Government has supported Ukraine “at all international levels” and will continue to do so on the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of the country, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili told a meeting of the Government on Monday.
A majority of Georgian citizens believe the government and the parliament are doing enough to support Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, a new survey released on Friday by the US National Democratic Institute and CRRC Georgia said.
Georgia has “strongly supported" Ukraine in political, diplomatic and humanitarian dimensions since the beginning of the military aggression of Russia on the country, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said in a report on the Government's activities, submitted to the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday.
Diplomatic response to the sanctions, imposed by Ukraine on the family members of the former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili, is the prerogative of the Georgian government, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party said on Thursday.
Thea Tsulukiani, Georgia’s vice prime minister and minister of culture, sport and youth, on Friday said the decision of the security council of Ukraine to impose sanctions on family members of Georgia’s former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili should be seen as “another attempt” to involve Georgia in hostilities amid the war in Ukraine.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s committee on human rights, on Friday said there were “forces” in the Ukrainian government who wanted to “play the role of firestarter” in relations between the two countries.
Georgian justice minister Rati Bregadze on Friday said this week’s vow by Oleksiy Arestovych, the adviser to the office of the president of Ukraine, to “free and save Georgia” with use of troops after his country defeated Russia in the ongoing conflict was of “criminal nature” and contradicted international law.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday “once again” confirmed Georgia’s “unwavering” support for Ukraine’s independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity within the internationally recognised borders.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday reaffirmed his Government’s support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, and pledged to vote for a corresponding resolution, in his address to the 11th emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly.