Georgian Parliament hosts Ukrainian music school students, awarding them with certificates
“It is important that we have the opportunity to convey our love and friendship to you, so that we can look ahead together with optimism. [...] Perhaps, Georgia is the only country on the face of the earth that best understands what the Ukrainian people feel, what you, the children feel. We want to show you our solidarity and friendship, to add our energy to the light of hope that is so strong in you", Papuashvili noted. Photo via Parliament of Georgia
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Parliament of Georgia on Thursday hosted 46 students of music school from Ukraine's western city of Lviv, with Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze and MPs awarding the students with certificates and gifts, the legislative body said.
The students will stay in Georgia till Saturday and will participate in various cultural-cognitive and entertainment events, with the support of Georgian Culture and Foreign ministries, as well as the Embassy of Ukraine in the country and Giorgi Zakarashvili, the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine.
Photo via Parliament of Georgia
Papuashvili addressed the guests and said it was an “honour” to host them in the Parliament and be a co-organiser of their stay in Georgia, noting “in this difficult period Ukraine has been going through”, it was a privilege to demonstrate Georgia’s friendship with Ukraine “not only with words and deeds, but also by welcoming you [the students] into our families”.
It is important that we have the opportunity to convey our love and friendship to you, so that we can look ahead together with optimism. [...] Perhaps, Georgia is the only country on the face of the earth that best understands what the Ukrainian people feel, what you, the children feel. We want to show you our solidarity and friendship, to add our energy to the light of hope that is so strong in you", Papuashvili noted.
Photo via Parliament of Georgia
He also thanked the Vice Parliament Speaker, as the head of the Friendship Group with the Ukrainian Parliament, for his support of Ukrainian children and highlighted “the warm and friendly” relations between the legislative bodies of the two countries, emphasising “very warm relationship and frequent contact” with his Ukrainian counterpart Ruslan Stefanchuk.
Photo via Parliament of Georgia
In his turn, Talakvadze said he believed the “peaceful days” would return to Ukraine soon and said during the war in the country, Georgia “was doing its best” for the Ukrainian people and the country.
The door of Georgia is always open, and that is why we are very grateful that together with the Government we were able to host Ukrainian friends, young people, and children not once,[...] We hope you have spent peaceful and happy days here and will always remember how Georgia welcomed you and how our country opened your heart”, he added.
Talakvadze noted hosting “a new generation of Ukraine” was the “confirmation” that Georgian citizens and the Government “love and care” for them.
Georgian Vice Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze on Thursday said Georgia “has been doing its utmost” to support Ukraine amid the ongoing war and wished the latter the “return of the peaceful days soon” and restoration of territorial integrity.
A group of Ukrainian children and their coaches from the Olympic School of the country’s southern city of Mykolaiv arrived in Georgia on Monday for a 10-day tour involving sports events, entertaining activities and recreation, in a solidarity move for helping citizens of the country defending itself from the ongoing Russian invasion.
Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country will spend 10 days travelling across Georgia with the support of the Georgian parliament and government, Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian parliament vice speaker, said on Monday.
The Georgian parliament on Friday hosted more than 30 Ukrainian children affected by the ongoing conflict in their country, with MPs giving the young visitors souvenirs after guiding them through the institution and its museum.