Ruling party official: “peace, reconciliation and development” “only way” to restore territorial integrity
Making the comments on the annual Abkhazia Day in celebration of the culture of the north-western occupied region, Mdinaradze said “any future perspective” of Georgia was being considered only with Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions as parts of it. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said the Georgian Government’'s “clear and principled” message was that the “only way” to reintegrate the Russian-occupied regions of the country went through “peace, reconciliation and development”.
Making the comments on the annual Abkhazia Day in celebration of the culture of the north-western occupied region, Mdinaradze said “any future perspective” of Georgia was being considered only with Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions as parts of it.
Georgia's clear and principled message to everyone - and first of all, to our Abkhazian and Ossetian fellow citizens - is that the only way to unify the country is through peace, reconciliation and development” Mdinaradze said.
“This, in turn, contradicts the practically stated goal of the global or regional war party to involve Georgia in the [ongoing] war [in Ukraine]”, Mdinaradze said in reference to a part of the domestic opposition.
That is why they are testing the idea about perspectives of Georgia without the occupied territories”, he added, before accusing the opposition of framing the Government’s policy of peaceful reintegration of the regions as a “Russian narrative”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday hailed his Government's policy of reconciliation and confidence-building between communities affected by the conflict in the country’s Russian-occupied Abkhazia region in remarks on Abkhazia Day.
The NATO Parliamentary Assembly on Monday adopted a declaration condemning the continued occupation of Georgia's Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) regions.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday highlighted the ruling Georgian Dream party’s contribution to the country’s European integration process by claiming “no one has done more in this regard over the last 30 years”.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said the country’s “political and diplomatic support for Ukraine has been unequivocal”, noting the Georgian Government was “actively involved” with the international community in this regard.
Thea Akhvlediani, the Georgian State Minister for Reconciliation and Civil Equality, on Tuesday highlighted the unity with Abkhazian compatriots by “common history, culture and traditions” in her remarks on Abkhazia Day.
The Political Council of the ruling Georgian Dream party on Monday said positions taken by President Salome Zourabichvili on domestic politics over the recent period were “characterised by extreme non-objectivity and political bias”, but noted the party’s stance was that it should “refrain on principle” from criticising her.