Ukrainian Embassy representative thanks Georgian citizens, Government, mayors, Patriarchate for humanitarian aid
Kasyanov spoke about the importance of the humanitarian packages at a briefing held at the Ukrainian Embassy, pointing out the aid as “one of the most important issues” amid the armed conflict in his country. Photo: 1tv.ge
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Andrei Kasyanov, the Representative of the Embassy of Ukraine in Georgia, on Friday expressed his gratitude to citizens and authorities of Georgia for their humanitarian assistance to Ukraine amid the ongoing Russian invasion.
Kasyanov spoke about the importance of the humanitarian packages at a briefing held at the Ukrainian Embassy, pointing out the aid as “one of the most important issues” amid the armed conflict in his country.
Ukraine thanks the entire population of Georgia for this assistance. Thanks to all ordinary citizens of Georgia who were involved in this process, to the Government of Georgia, to the mayors of various cities, to the Patriarchate, for their humanitarian aid in this most necessary and difficult situation,” the Ukrainian diplomat said.
On March 12, the Georgian Parliament handed over a humanitarian aid package to the Red Cross Society for forwarding the cargo to people in Ukraine affected by the war on the weekend.
The aid came in addition to other packages sent since the start of the Russian invasion by state institutions, non-governmental entities, entrepreneurs and citizen groups in Georgia.
Primary school students affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine will be enrolled in Georgian public and private schools in a simplified manner, the Ministry of Education and Science of Georgia announced on Friday.
The Georgian Education Ministry’s Office of Resource Officers of Educational Institutions will offer free psychosocial counselling to Ukrainian children and adolescents stranded in Georgia due to war in there home country.
Georgia’s Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU), the oldest university in the country and in the South Caucasus region, has sent a part of its humanitarian aid to Ukraine in assistance to those affected by the Russian military invasion of the country, the press office of the University reported earlier on Wednesday.
Ukrainian citizens currently in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi will receive services of a select group of sports centres, museum venues, theatre halls, libraries and art schools free of charge, Tbilisi City Hall announced earlier today.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has officially confirmed on Friday the death of two Georgian volunteers in combat action in Ukraine.
Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine, said the Georgian side was “actively cooperating” with the relevant structures in Ukraine to ensure the transportation of the bodies of two Georgian volunteers who had died in war in Ukraine.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has praised “never-before-seen” support for Ukraine amid the Russian invasion, adding Georgia would continue to “express solidarity” with the country through continued humanitarian aid.
A symbolic demonstration outside the Georgian Parliament in Tbilisi honoured the memory of children killed in the ongoing war in Ukraine on Wednesday. Organisers of the action - five current and former reporters from Georgia - placed 145 shoes in front of the building in reference to the number of children who have become casualties in the conflict so far.