For the past four years, Georgia has been receiving risky political, economic, and institutional advice. The Georgian government refused to blindly follow the “recommendations” and pursued a policy based on national interests,” writes Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament.
As he notes, the answer is simple: “Moldova believed those whom Georgia did not believe.
“For the past four years, Georgia has been receiving risky political, economic, and institutional advice. The Georgian government refused to blindly follow the “recommendations” and pursued a policy based on national interests.
The diagrams below compare the growth of the economies of two countries – Georgia and Moldova, which raises one question:
Moldova was granted candidate status blindly, negotiations were opened for it and billions were promised, while Georgia was not allowed to open negotiations, satellite NGOs were put on the streets and the country was undermined. How did it happen that the difference between the economies of the two countries triple in three years, from 4.8 billion USD to 15.7 billion USD? Why, after all these good things, is Moldova’s economic growth in minuses, while Georgia is the first in the region?
The answer is simple: Moldova believed those whom Georgia did not believe,” Papuashvili writes.
Shalva Papuashvili: Moldova was granted candidate status blindly, while Georgia was not allowed to open negotiations – how it happened that the difference between the economies tripled in three years? – Moldova believed those whom Georgia did not believe
