Vice PM: Gov’t won’t allow Georgia to be involved in military conflict
Tsulukiani expressed hope that the ongoing war in Ukraine would end soon with the victory of the country and its people. Photo via Government Administration
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Georgia’s Vice Prime Minister Thea Tsulukiani on Saturday told the media the Georgian Government would not allow the country to be involved in the military confrontation.
It is “regrettable” that the attempts, in “various forms”, to involve Georgia in military conflict have been continuing, Tsulukiani said while responding to the comment made by Ukrainian Presidential Adviser Mykhailo Podolyak on Georgia’s “refusal” to transfer Buk missile system to Kyiv, saying the Georgian Government did not “understand whose side [in the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war] it should be on”.
The Vice PM noted the country would not provide military assistance to any side of the conflict, stressing it was the Government’s main stance on this question. Georgia has gone through “too many wars” and it has been the responsibility of the authorities to maintain peace for the future of the country, she added.
Tsulukiani expressed hope that the ongoing war in Ukraine would end soon with the victory of the country and its people.
Gia Volski, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday said the statement of the Ukrainian Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak about the Georgian Government’s stance over the war in Ukraine “could be assessed as an affront”.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Relations Committee, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government had stated “very clearly” and “from the beginning” its position on support for Ukraine “in everything” except transfer of weapons to the country amid its defence from the ongoing Russian invasion.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chair of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Tuesday said the charge d'affaires of Ukraine to Georgia, Andriy Kasyanov’s “shocking” statement on Tbilisi’s refusal to provide arms for Ukraine in its ongoing war with Russia had been instructed by Ukrainian Government, as the diplomat would not make such statements “independently”.
The Georgian Defence Ministry on Tuesday rejected claims in domestic media that said a Buk surface-to-air missile system had been handed over by Ukraine to the country “free of charge” in 2008, following an article by Ukraine’s charge d’affaires who said his Government had asked their Georgian counterparts to hand the system back to aid Ukraine’s efforts in its ongoing conflict with Russia.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday said steps taken by the Georgian Government over the past year had been “not only correct, but also had no alternative” and allowed it to “maintain peace and tranquillity” in the country.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said “maintaining peace” in the country would be “one of the main challenges” for authorities in 2023.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the Georgian Government was acting for the “sole purpose” of “protecting and pursuing the national interests” of the country.
Davit Matikashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday rejected a comment by Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko on an alleged lack of support from the Georgian Government for the country in its defence from the Russian invasion as “immoral”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday rejected the “false” premise in a CNN reporter’s question to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on an alleged export of sanctioned goods to Russia through Georgia.
The Georgian Government’s constant task is to protect the national interests and needs of the country and its people, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Saturday, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Agriculture Minister Otar Shamugia on Thursday told the country’s Parliament the “responsibility” of the Government to “maintain peace [and] prevent a difficult political, social and economic situation” in the country had gained a further significance since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.