Georgian Gov’t sends 25 high-power generators to Ukraine
The process of loading the generators for the shipment was attended by Romeo Mikautadze, the Deputy Economy Minister and Andrey Kasyanov, the Temporarily Representative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia, with the latter expressing his “personal gratitude” to the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for his decision to purchase the generators for Ukraine. Photo: Economy Ministry
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The Georgian Government has sent 25 high-power generators to Ukraine by order of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Economy Ministry announced on Wednesday, noting the Government continued to “actively” support Ukrainian people.
The generators, with a total value of ₾1.5 million (about $565 000), were purchased by the Georgian State Electrosystem [operating under the Ministry of Economy], the Ministry said, adding the generators would be used for hospitals, catering and other essential facilities working in the emergency mode.
The process of loading the generators for the shipment was attended by Romeo Mikautadze, the Deputy Economy Minister and Andrey Kasyanov, the Temporarily Representative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia, with the latter expressing his “personal gratitude” to the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for his decision to purchase the generators for Ukraine.
I would like to thank all the members of the Georgian Government for the prompt implementation of this decision, as all 25 generators will be sent to Ukraine today. And thank all Georgians for the very strong and essential support of Ukraine, [...] and my people in this very critical period", Kasyanov noted.
The Government and the Georgian people “have been sparing no efforts” to provide assistance to the Ukrainian people from the “very first day” of the beginning of hostilities in the country, Mikautadze said, expressing hope the generators, sent from Georgia to Ukraine, would “alleviate” the problems of the Ukrainian people “at least a little”.
Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Georgian Government Administration, on Friday 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”.
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.
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 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 all Monday said while his Government respected sovereignty of all countries its work was motivated by national interest in the first place, in comments on critical claims by some Ukrainian officials on an alleged lack of support from Georgia following Russia's invasion of the former.
The Georgian Embassy in Ukraine has handed over 25 power generators to authorities in the country in the latest aid package sent from Georgia amid the ongoing military conflict, the Georgian Ministry of Economy announced on Friday.
Igor Terekhov, the Mayor of the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, and Maksym Kozytskyy, the Head of the Administration of the western city of Lviv, on Monday extended their gratitude to the Georgian Government for the latter’s delivery of power generators to Ukraine to help with uninterrupted operation of critical civilian infrastructure during the ongoing conflict.
The City Hall of the western Georgian city of Kutaisi on Wednesday said it would purchase a power generator for delivery to the Ukrainian city of Dnipro as aid to help power civilian infrastructure during the winter season amid the ongoing military conflict in the county.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko on Tuesday extended his gratitude to the Georgian Government for the recent delivery of power generators to Ukraine to help with uninterrupted operation of critical civilian infrastructure during the ongoing conflict in the country.
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.