Economy Minister says Gov’t will send generators to Ukraine by end of year

Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili on Monday said his Government would send power generators to Ukraine as a form of aid by the end of the year.

Davitashvili noted the purchase of generators of “various capacities” had started following a request from Ukrainian authorities for the hardware, on the backdrop of power utilities in the country being targeted by Russian strikes as part of ongoing hostilities.

We received a request from Ukrainian counterparts to help with generators and other electrical equipment. Unfortunately, we didn't really have extra generators in stock. Subsequently, the Georgian Prime Minister took a specific decision and we received a task to allocate resources for this and the procurement process has started”, the Government official said.

“[Ukraine] will receive very reliable generators of high technology. Our expert team is involved in this. The procurement process has already been underway, so that generators will be sent from Georgia by the end of the year”, Davitashvili continued.

He also noted the selected range of the generators would be of various capacity to offer “maximum flexibility” and capable of being used in Ukraine for both individual buildings and blocks.

On December 8, Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Georgian Government Administration, said the country’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili had instructed the Ministry of Economy to purchase generators for providing them as aid to Ukraine “in the shortest terms possible”.