I do not want to enter into a polemic with the leader of a country at war – Georgia has never had such an independent, sovereign and nationally-oriented government, – this is how Mikheil Kavelashvili responded to the assessment of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who, speaking at the UN General Assembly session about the threats from Russia, stated that “Europe has lost Georgia and we must not allow the loss of Moldova.”
Kavelashvili once again recalled that in the first days of the war in Ukraine, the country’s President decided to expel the Georgian ambassador and noted that such offensive actions against a country that was in the top five in terms of humanitarian aid were unacceptable.
“I do not want to enter into a polemic with the leader of a country at war. Of course, it is offensive to every Georgian, and I will repeat once again that Georgia has never had such an independent, sovereign and nationally interested government. If we recall his [Zelensky’s] actions in the first days of the war, when Kyiv was being bombed, there were only a handful of embassy representatives left in Kyiv at that time, and one of them was a representative of the Georgian embassy, and what did this person achieve?! – The Georgian ambassador was expelled, the person who remained there during the bombing, who endured all this and was under the threat of physical destruction, the ambassador of this country was expelled. He demanded to send volunteers, and when we did not send volunteers, the ambassador was expelled. All of us, citizens were completely selflessly disposed to help Ukraine, small Georgia was in the top five in terms of humanitarian aid. Imagine if someone did that for your country, any country and the people of any country – is it possible that you would commit such offensive actions?!” – said Kavelashvili.
Mikheil Kavelashvili on Zelensky’s statement: I do not want to enter into a polemic with the leader of a country at war – Georgia has never had such an independent and nationally-oriented government
