POLITICS
24.05.23 12:50
Do you think our war was not a war and only the war in Ukraine is a war? - European and American friends, after the war of 2008, you continued doing business with Russia in the usual way, you did not impose sanctions, - the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Gharibashvili, said at the Qatar Economic Forum.
According to him, Georgia was disappointed that after the 2008 Russia-Georgia war, no one had an adequate reaction and no one imposed sanctions against Russia.
"In 2008, we had a war. Do you remember anyone who imposed sanctions during our war? No one! No one in the world had the right reaction, no one had an adequate reaction during that war. So my question is - where is the logic? Do you think our war was not a war and only the war in Ukraine is a war?
I have to say that we were very disappointed that there was business with Russia as usual after the 2008 war. After that devastating war, 20% of our country has been occupied by Russia. Russia built two military bases on our historical land, Russia recognized the so-called independence of our historical regions and this occupation continues. So my question to my European, American friends is the following - my dear friends, you have been doing business as usual with Russia, you have not imposed sanctions.
For information, the European Union paid 2.3 trillion dollars to Russia before 2022. No one stopped business with Russia then, nothing hd happened," said the Prime Minister.
For information, Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili is participating in the annual high-level economic forum in Qatar. The forum is being held under the patronage of the Emir of Qatar and is being organized by Bloomberg. Within the framework of the visit, bilateral, high-level meetings were held.
The delegation of Georgia, headed by the Head of Government, includes Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili, Minister of Foreign Affairs Ilia Darchiashvili and Head of the Administration of Government Revaz Javelidze.
source: IPN
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