Ruling party head: opposition using war in Ukraine to damage country

Georgia is the only country in the world where the opposition is using the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine for a campaign to damage this country, the ruling Georgian Dream party head Irakli Kobakhidze said on Friday.

The comment by Kobakhidze came following an interview of Khatia Dekanoidze, the leader of the opposition United National Movement party, with a Ukrainian TV channel, in which Kobakhidze said the opposition figure had portrayed the Georgian government as “pro-Russian, accused Georgia of pursuing a Russia-oriented policy and, moreover, accused Georgia of supporting the murder of Ukrainians”.

It is obvious that the radical opposition, the fifth column represented by United National Movement, has the sole goal of worsening the economic and social situation of the Georgian people by imposing sanctions [on Russia] and involving Georgia in the war, Kobakhidze said.

The ruling party head told local media the Government of Georgia was protecting the interests of the state and its citizens, and would not allow the country to be “drawn into a war or cause irreparable damage” to the economic interests of the population.