Chairman of Parliament Committee on Human Rights: opposition attempts to present Gov’t as not being in solidarity with Ukraine “absurd”

The opposition is trying to “artificially create” a situation to present the Georgian Government as not being in solidarity with Ukraine amid Russian invasion of the latter in an “absurd” attempt, Mikheil Sarjveladze, the Chairman of the Committee on Human Rights of the Georgian Parliament, told Imedi TV on Friday.

Sarjveladze accused the opposition of using “all means, whether rational or not, ethical or unethical,” in its false portrayals of the Government, despite the latter’s repeated statements and actions supporting Ukraine in the ongoing war.

They try to somehow worsen the relations between Georgia and Ukraine in this difficult situation for Ukraine. This is a political juggling,” Sarjveladze said.

On March 11, ruling Georgian Dream party head Irakli Kobakhidze said Georgia was the “only country in the world” where the opposition was using the war unleashed by Russia in Ukraine for a “campaign to damage this country”.

The ruling party head told local media the Government 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.