Georgian gov’t to cover accommodation, food costs for Ukrainian citizens stranded in Georgia
Georgia sent humanitarian aid worth one million GEL ($315,000/€279,000) to Ukraine on February 27, while the Georgian Post announced it will deliver humanitarian parcels to the country free of charge. Photo: Georgian National Tourism Administration/Facebook.
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The Georgian government will cover accommodation and food costs of Ukrainian citizens who arrived in the country between February 1 and 23, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Tuesday.
Announcing the initiative for supporting Ukrainians unable to return to their country after Russia launched its invasion last week, the state agency asked all visitors from Ukraine to contact the body on their hotline - reachable through the number 144-3 - for consultation in case of need.
Additionally, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said municipal transport would serve all Ukrainian citizens free of fare.
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Since the start of the breakout of the hostilities in Ukraine, Georgian citizens and businesses have offered free overnight accommodation and other types of assistance to Ukrainian citizens in the country.
Russia began its military assault on Ukraine last week, following President Putin’s announcement of the recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on February 21.
A Polish border volunteer has thanked Georgia for a humanitarian aid shipment for Ukrainian citizens displaced by Russia's military onslaught on the country, calling the cargo "very important" in a moving message to agenda.ge.
The Georgian government will make sure citizens of Ukraine stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of conflict in their country are “taken care of”, Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili said on Monday.
Georgian Post will send humanitarian parcels from Georgia to Ukraine free of charge, to support the country’s population amid the ongoing Russian military aggression which began last week, Deputy Economy Minister Guram Guramishvili announced earlier today.
Igor Dolgov, the Ambassador of Ukraine to Georgia, has thanked the Georgian government for the latter’s decision to send aid worth one million GEL ($315,000/€279,842) to the country amid Russia’s military invasion.
Ukraine feels the support of the Georgian partners and the Georgian people like never before, Andrei Kasyanov, the Charge d'affaires of Ukraine in Georgia, said on Tuesday.
Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) will offer assistance to Ukrainian citizens staying in Georgia in the wake of Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine.
A humanitarian aid point will be opened in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Friday, to serve as a collection point for entrepreneurs, organisations and individuals to donate food and other basic necessities for Ukrainian citizens affected by the war, Deputy Tbilisi Mayor Ilia Eloshvili said on Thursday.
Dozens of Ukrainian citizens stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of hostilities in their home country have received products of high necessity from Georgian companies involved in the #produceforUkraine campaign, Mikheil Khidureli, Director of the Enterprise Georgia state programme, said on Thursday.
The Tbilisi-based Ilia State University (ISU) has established a programme to offer teaching opportunities to Ukrainian academics placed “at risk” by the Russian invasion of their country, the university announced on Tuesday.
The Georgian Football Federation (GFF) and the national team will send humanitarian aid including first aid items, medical equipment, various types of medicines and baby food to Ukraine, the GFF said on Tuesday.
Oleksandr Shulga, the First Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy for Economic Affairs, has expressed gratitude to all countries, including Georgia, that have welcomed and sheltered Ukrainian citizens since the outbreak of war in the country last month.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and his Ukrainian counterpart have agreed the upcoming visit of the Georgian official to Ukraine in an online meeting on Wednesday, with the trip to be organised in the coming days, the Georgian Parliament’s press office said.