Ukrainian charge d'affaires thanks Georgian gov’t for “continued support”
Andriy Kasianov, the charge d'affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, on Friday attended the opening of an information centre for Ukrainian refugees at Tbilisi airport. Photo: Georgia Red Cross Society.
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Andriy Kasianov, the charge d'affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, on Friday thanked the Georgian government for extending its socioeconomic support programme for Ukrainian refugees stranded in the country by the war in their homeland, and welcomed the opening of an information centre for Ukrainian nationals at Tbilisi airport.
Kasianov said his office was “grateful to everyone who joins the practical support of the Ukrainian population, both in Ukraine and Georgia”, and expressed his gratitude for the extension of the support for Ukrainian citizens into next year, approved by Georgian authorities on Tuesday.
For us, it is not just dry data, but an opportunity for more than 30,000 Ukrainian citizens to spend a difficult winter in our brotherly and friendly Georgia”, said the Ukrainian diplomat while attending the opening ceremony of the information centre that will introduce services available to them to Ukrainian refugees.
Praising the role of the Georgia Red Cross Society in the opening of the centre - which will also ensure psychosocial assistance and, if necessary, provide hygiene items for primary use along with a recreational area for children - Kasianov said the Georgian office of the organisation had provided “crucial assistance” to Ukrainians since the launch of hostilities in the country in late February.
He noted $1.3 million had been transferred for the needs of Ukrainian citizens affected by the war, along with one hundred tons of humanitarian cargo, thanks to the involvement of the Georgia Red Cross Society.
These moves made it possible to provide Ukrainians with food, personal hygiene products, clothes and medication. Volunteers of the Georgian Red Cross Society and its president Natia Loladze, despite life-threatening risks, worked directly in Ukraine, helped the innocent civilian population to evacuate under Russian bombs and rocket attacks”, said Kasianov.
The diplomat noted similar information centres were also scheduled to open in the western city of Kutaisi as well as Batumi airport in the Black Sea city and Larsi checkpoint with Russia in the north of the country.
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.
The Georgian health ministry on Wednesday said there was “no delay” in provision of the social assistance programme for Ukrainian nationals stranded in Georgia by the war in their home country, in response to a post published on social media on behalf of Ukrainian citizens in Georgia and claiming aid was not reaching them.
The Georgian government on Tuesday said it was extending the assistance programme for Ukrainian nationals stranded in Georgia by the ongoing war in their country to May 1 next year.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday vowed his government’s support for Ukraine during an address at the 77th session of the United Nations general assembly, stressing Russia’s violations of Ukraine’s territorial integrity, UN charter and international law.
The Georgian parliament on Friday hosted more than 30 Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country, with MPs giving the young visitors souvenirs after guiding them through the institution and its museum.
Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country will spend 10 days travelling across Georgia with the support of the Georgian parliament and government, Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian parliament vice speaker, said on Monday.
The Georgian Government will provide a one-time financial aid to Ukrainian families with children who have been stranded in Georgia by the ongoing conflict in their country with the support of the United Nations Children's Fund.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said it was his Government's “duty” to provide “maximum” political and humanitarian support to Ukraine amid the latter’s ongoing war with Russia.