Luc Devigne: The issue of resuming flights between Russia and Georgia is not a unilateral decision, as it requires the consent of the country where the plane is to land- kavkazplus.com

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Luc Devigne: The issue of resuming flights between Russia and Georgia is not a unilateral decision, as it requires the consent of the country where the plane is to land

09.06.23 14:30

The resumption of flights is not unilateral, because it requires the consent of the country where the plane is to land, and so you cannot unilaterally make a decision to land in this or that country, this decision itself was bilateral, stated Luc Devigne, the Head of the Russia, Eastern Partnership and Central Asia Directorate of the European Union's External Action Service (EEAS), at the 12th session of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee (PAC).

According to him, there were calls not to stop the flights before the war in Ukraine and before the aggression of Russia.

He also responded to the statement of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, that one of the reasons for the start of the war in Ukraine was the expansion of NATO.

"Your Prime Minister said that the expansion of NATO is the reason for the war in Ukraine. The problem is that the Prime Minister cited only NATO expansion as the reason, which is a Russian narrative and a complete lie, because from 2008, from the membership announcement that covered both Georgia and Ukraine until 2022, when Russia invaded Ukraine, no practical steps have been taken for Ukraine to join NATO. So it was just an excuse for Russia," said Luc Devigne.

*The quotes in the article have been double-translated from Georgian and wordings may be inaccurate.

source: IPN

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