Culture Minister: statements on Georgia’s neutrality only benefit “enemy”
Tsulukiani said Georgia had made a “European choice” with its Euro-Atlantic aspirations and was pursuing a policy “necessary to advance along this path”. Photo: 1tv.ge
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Statements related to possibilities of Georgia adopting military neutrality are “nothing but grist to the mill of the enemy”, Georgian Minister of Culture Thea Tsulukiani said on Tuesday in response to comments around the subject.
Tsulukiani said Georgia had made a “European choice” with its Euro-Atlantic aspirations and was pursuing a policy “necessary to advance along this path”.
This is a historic choice made by our nation, a European choice. Of course, we stand on this platform firmly and simultaneously pursue the policy that is necessary to move forward along this path in order to ensure peace in this country,” she noted.
Earlier today Gia Volski, the ruling party MP and Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said Georgia would not start “talking about military neutrality” in the wake of the war in Ukraine, as “a lot of energy and human life has been invested” in strengthening the country’s NATO membership path.
Georgia’s application for European Union membership and the ongoing war in Ukraine were discussed between Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz during a phone call on Tuesday.
The Georgian Government will not take back its demand of withdrawal of Russian occupation troops from the country’s occupied territories, Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, said on Tuesday.
Georgia will not start talking about military neutrality in the wake of the war in Ukraine, as “a lot of energy and human life has been invested” in strengthening the country’s NATO membership path, Gia Volski, the ruling party MP and Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, said on Tuesday.
Georgia's foreign policy course is “firmly defined”, Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Parliament, said on Tuesday in response to a question about potential military neutrality of the country.
Georgians stand with the Ukrainian people in their fight for freedom, peace and prosperity against the Russian aggression, Otar Grigolia, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party faction in Tbilisi City Council, told the 42nd Plenary Session of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe on Wednesday.
It is “awkward” to talk about Georgia adopting military neutrality while both the country and the “entire world” are facing “serious challenges”, Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi and Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, said on Wednesday in response to comments around the subject.