Parliament committee chair says Ukrainian presidential adviser’s statement on Georgia “lacking common sense”
Beraia was commenting on the statement of Arestovych who on Thursday said Ukraine would “project its power” in Georgia, adding “we will have to save Georgians, Moldova, Armenia” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of his country. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Irakli Beraia, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s committee on defence and security, on Friday said Oleksiy Arestovych, the Ukrainian presidential adviser, was an “absolutely unreasonable person” whose statements “lack common sense and content”.
Beraia was commenting on the statement of Arestovych who on Thursday said Ukraine would “project its power” in Georgia, adding “we will have to save Georgians, Moldova, Armenia” in the wake of Russia’s invasion of his country.
Arestovych is one of the representatives of the [Ukrainian] government, and when a representative of a government makes such a statement, it is very disturbing. This is problematic”, the parliament official said.
Another MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, Irakli Chikovani, said Arestovych was an “irresponsible person” whose statements were “unacceptable and inadmissible”.
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.
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.
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.
The Georgian authorities are waiting for evidence from the Ukrainian Government that prove the “dirty lies” on the territory of Georgia being used for smuggling sanctioned products to Russia “as soon as possible”, Thea Tsulukiani, the Vice Prime Minister and Georgian Minister of Culture said on Wednesday.
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.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s rules and procedural issues committee, on Friday alleged representatives of the Ukrainian government were “on the path of revenge” with the idea of opening a second front of the ongoing war in Ukraine in Georgia, calling it “madness” the Georgian government would “never agree to”.
Georgian government, taking into account the situation of the Ukrainian people and the country, does not want to enter into polemics, Irakli Kobakidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party said on Saturday in response to the sanctions, imposed by Ukraine on the family members of the former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.