PM says Georgian Gov’t’s “duty to provide maximum support” to Ukraine

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday said it was his Government's “duty” to provide “maximum” political and humanitarian support to Ukraine amid the latter’s ongoing war with Russia.

Kobakhidze said the consequences brought by Russia's military aggression against Ukraine were “very serious”, and added Russia was now occupying two and a half times more territory in the country than it had before the war.

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He added about 10 million people had become refugees or internally displaced, with the country’s infrastructure destroyed, the state facing “worst economic problems” and casualties at “very high” levels.

The PM noted Georgia had supported more than 600 resolutions, statements and political acts to support Ukraine, its sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as condemning Russia's military aggression, and added the scale of the country’s humanitarian aid to Ukraine was “quite large”. 

We hope that this war will end soon - I wish Ukraine sovereignty [and] territorial integrity, this is our attitude toward our friendly people”, he added.

The head of the Government also said he had held a conversation about the matter with Georgia’s European partners in Brussels during his visit this week, and noted it was “difficult for everyone to say exactly how the war would end”.