Georgian Parliament Speaker, President send messages of support to Ukraine on war anniversary

Georgian Parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili and President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday sent messages of support to Ukraine and its people as the ongoing war in the country entered its second year. Photo: Nino Alavidze / Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 24 Feb 2023 - 15:21, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and President Salome Zourabichvili on Friday sent messages of support to Ukraine and its people as the ongoing war in the country entered its second year.

In his address at the Presidential Palace in Tbilisi over the anniversary of the war, Papuashvili noted Georgia had stood “unwaveringly and unconditionally” by Ukraine and its people since the beginning of the invasion, and pledged to continue the support.

Today marks one year since the start of Russian aggression against Ukraine. A year of destruction, pain, thousands of dead civilians, the ruined present and future of millions of people - the largest aggression of our generation”, Papuashvili said.

The Speaker of the legislative body also recalled that Saturday marked the 102nd anniversary of the 1921 annexation of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia by the Red Army. He drew parallels between the two acts of aggression by saying “the world turned a blind eye to the suppression of aspirations for freedom of Georgia and other nations [in 1921]”, adding “Ukraine of 2022 should not become Georgia of 1921”.