Opposition MP rebukes Ukrainian foreign office’s statement on Georgia-Russia flights
The response came after the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Perebyinis on Wednesday expressed his concern about the potential resumption of the flights in a meeting with the Georgian Ambassador Giorgi Zakarashvili. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Citizens opposition party MP Aleko Elisashvili on Thursday rebuked the Ukrainian foreign office following its statement on the possible resumption of direct flights between Georgia and Russia, pointing out the matter was “not for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry to decide”.
The response came after the Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Yevhen Perebyinis on Wednesday expressed his concern about the potential resumption of the flights in a meeting with the Georgian Ambassador Giorgi Zakarashvili.
It is understandable that the Ukrainian [Government] is asking for weapons, because the country is in trouble and they need weapons. However, when the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that flights between Georgia and Russia should not be resumed, this is not Ukraine's business”, Elisashvili said.
The MP on Wednesday called on the Ukrainian Government to replace Andrii Kasianov, the country’s Charge D'affaires in Georgia, following an interview in which the diplomat said his office could facilitate evacuation of Ukrainian nationals from Georgia in case of “threats” from a “mass influx” of Russian citizens in the country that could result from the resumption of flights.
Elisashvili rebuked the envoy for having “taken upon himself the mission to spoil the Georgian-Ukrainian relations even more”, an objective he said the Charge D’Affaires was “doing everything” to achieve.
The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine on Wednesday expressed its gratitude to Georgia for receiving Ukrainian refugees and assisting them, confirming there was “no danger” to them in Georgia, at the meeting between the Ambassador of Georgia to Ukraine Giorgi Zakarashvili and the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Yevhen Perebyinis.
Citizens opposition party MP Aleko Elisashvili on Wednesday called on the Ukrainian Government to replace Andrii Kasianov, the country’s Charge D'affaires in Georgia, following an interview in which the diplomat said his office could facilitate evacuation of Ukrainian nationals from Georgia in case of “threats” from a “mass influx” of Russian citizens in the country.
Archil Talakvadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Vice Speaker, on Wednesday rejected the comment of Andriy Kasyanov, the Ukrainian Charge D'affaires in Georgia, on plans for evacuating Ukrainian nationals from Georgia as “removed from reality”, and said the Government was doing “everything it can” to support Ukraine in the ongoing war with Russia.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday called “shameful” the recent statement of Andriy Kasianov, the Ukrainian Charge D'affaires in Georgia, on possible evacuation of Ukrainians stranded in Georgia due to the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, in case of resumption of flights between Georgia and Russia.
Citizens opposition party MP Aleko Elisashvili on Thursday rebuked the former Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili for his “astonishing” comment that said the possibility of Georgian troops being sent to aid Russia’s war in Ukraine in the future was “realistic”.
Aleko Elisashvili, the leader of the Citizens opposition party, on Thursday said he would not join the rally scheduled by a part of the domestic opposition in central Tbilisi on April 9 due to its connection to the United National Movement opposition party.