We sympathize with Ukraine and we really want this calamity to end soon, but since there is war and calamity in Ukraine, should we also get destroyed? Such a statement made today the Prime Minister of Georgia.

“After the August war, everything collapsed here, people died, we lost territories, and nothing was revised by anyone. The policy continued as it was. If you are wondering, what kind of goods did the EU buy from Russia - it was USD 2.5 trillion worth. What sanctions?! Our territory is occupied and we had a war, no one did anything about it, nor imposed sanctions, we had to endure it. In 2019, when Russia suspended flights, the acting US Ambassador and the EU came out and called on Russia to resume flights.

Today, we sympathize with Ukraine and Ukrainians and we really want this calamity to end soon, but since there is war and calamity in Ukraine, we should also get destroyed, open a second front, our cities be bombed? Where is the logic?

I ask our Western friends - when you tell me to stop trade, economy, do not resume flights, why don’t you do it? Why don’t you stop trading? Why did they give 300 billion to Russia in 2022? I have a question as a citizen who wants the country to become a member of the EU.

They will start with this - first they will tell you not to fly - why, don’t we want tourists? Then they will probably tell us not to let tourists in. I don’t want to continue anymore. Our people understand everything very well - we want peace, stability, prosperity and unification of our country”, - said Irakli Garibashvili.