Georgian PM says “friendship” between country’s President, Ukrainian officials “not surprising”
He also claimed the President had started her 2022 meeting with Kobakhidze and Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, by calling on the Georgian officials to “be more like the hero [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky”. Photo: Government Administration
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said ”friendship” between the country’s President Salome Zourabichvili and ”certain Ukrainian high-ranking officials” was “absolutely not surprising”, after the former was invited to Kyiv for the Crimean Platform Summit scheduled for September 11.
Kobakhidze’s comments followed a statement by Mykhailo Kharyshyn, the Ukrainian Chargé d'affaires in Georgia, who on Monday told local media Ukrainian authorities had sent an invitation to Zourabichvili to participate in the Summit via the Embassy.
The PM claimed Zourabichvili had “openly called” the country’s Government to ”open a second front” in the country amid the ongoing Russian military aggression in Ukraine in meetings with Georgian officials.
He also claimed the President had started her 2022 meeting with Kobakhidze and Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, by calling on the Georgian officials to “be more like the hero [Ukrainian President Volodymyr] Zelensky”.