Ukrainian Embassy thanks Georgia for welcoming, sheltering Ukrainian citizens
The Embassy said 710 tons of aid had been received from Georgia, with the diplomatic representation’s account for aid also receiving donations of 985 000 GEL ($308,000), over $45,000 and €1,500. Photo:via Internet.
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Oleksandr Shulga, the First Secretary of the Ukrainian Embassy for Economic Affairs, has expressed gratitude to all countries, including Georgia, that have welcomed and sheltered Ukrainian citizens since the outbreak of war in the country last month.
Speaking on Monday, as the Georgian Government confirmed it had prepared the second large shipment of aid for Ukraine after collecting aid across Georgia, Shulga acknowledged the Government, private sector and citizens of Georgia who had donated for the aid packages sent since the start of the Russian invasion.
The Embassy said 710 tons of aid had been received from Georgia, with the diplomatic representation’s account for aid also receiving donations of 985 000 GEL ($308,000), over $45,000 and €1,500.
More than 20,000 internally displaced persons from Ukraine have been registered in Georgia since the start of the war, Irina Mankhonus, the Second Secretary for Consular Affairs, confirmed, noting Ukrainian nationals had received not only asylum but also the “kindness and warmth of Georgian people”.
The Embassy is working to provide Ukrainian citizens leaving the country with support in coordination with the Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Government of Georgia.
A second package of humanitarian aid to Ukraine is ready to be delivered to the country after being collected throughout Georgia, the Government Administration said on Monday.
A humanitarian aid package for Ukraine has been collected throughout Georgia following a decision by the Prime Minister, with 100 tons of aid prepared to be dispatched to the country on the backdrop of Russia's invasion.
Dozens of Ukrainian citizens stranded in Georgia by the outbreak of hostilities in their home country have received products of high necessity from Georgian companies involved in the #produceforUkraine campaign, Mikheil Khidureli, Director of the Enterprise Georgia state programme, said on Thursday.
The Georgian government will cover accommodation and food costs of Ukrainian citizens who arrived in the country between February 1 and 23, the Georgian National Tourism Administration said on Tuesday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday signed decrees recalling Ukrainian ambassadors from Georgia and Morocco, citing their failure to obtain imposition of sanctions of Russia or supply of weapons to Ukraine amid the war as the cause for the moves.
The recall of the Ukrainian Ambassador of Georgia is a matter “up to Ukraine to decide” as the move has been made by the President of the country as a result of his dissatisfaction with the diplomat’s work, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Thursday.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, recalled Georgia’s efforts to assist his county, saying Georgia had “always” supported Ukraine and co-sponsored important resolutions.
In an interview with Georgia’s TV Imedi on Tuesday, Stefanchuk said he had watched the solidarity rallies for Ukraine held in various Georgian cities.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and his Ukrainian counterpart have agreed the upcoming visit of the Georgian official to Ukraine in an online meeting on Wednesday, with the trip to be organised in the coming days, the Georgian Parliament’s press office said.
Ruslan Stefanchuk, the Ukrainian Parliament Speaker, has welcomed the overcoming of “misunderstandings” between authorities of Ukraine and Georgia over their stances on the backdrop of the ongoing war in Ukraine, as his Georgian counterpart Shalva Papuashvili is preparing to visit the country defending itself from the Russian invasion.
In the first three months of the year, 364 foreign citizens were registered as asylum seekers in Georgia, with 126 Ukrainian nationals and 21 Russian citizens requesting the status in the country, the Ministry of Internal Affairs said on Friday.
American Hospital Tbilisi will provide medical services to Ukrainian refugees in Georgia with the support of the United States International Development Finance Corporation, the US Embassy to Georgia said on Wednesday.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said President Salome Zourabichvili’s appearance at the Parliament with Andriy Kasyanov, the former charge d'affaires of Ukraine to Georgia, in March 2022 for her annual report, without notifying the body’s Speaker, had marked a “serious difference” between the positions of the Government and the President and was “disrespectful” to the country’s Constitution.