The head of the ruling party of Georgia, Iraklii Kobakhidze, spoke again that Georgia was allegedly "trying to be drawn into the war" and in this context said that Russia "has a certain advantage" on the battlefield; the president of Georgia said that she "cannot find an explanation" for such rhetoric.
This is reported by "News-Georgia".
"The situation in Ukraine is not easy now, we cannot predict how events will develop further. But at this stage, the Russian side has a certain advantage, and this interest ("to draw Georgia into the war") has increased," Kobakhidze said on TV.
Arguing his opinion, he stated that over the past few weeks, Ukraine has not liberated a single settlement, and Russian troops entered about a dozen, and in general, after February 24, the Russian Federation managed to take control and hold "80% of Kherson region, part of Kharkiv region and 80". % of Zaporizhzhia region".
His words were uttered in a broader context - that demands to release ex-president Mikheil Saakashvili are allegedly part of a plan to drag Georgia into war - so that "disorder will begin in the country, and the ultimate goal is a "second front".
Kobakhidze once again drew parallels between the cases against Saakashvili and the ex-President of Moldova Ihor Dodon, stating that in such situations pressure is only exerted on the Georgian authorities (recall that Dodon was not in prison, but since November he was released from house arrest, in January he was allowed to temporarily leave Moldova).
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili commented on Kobakhidze's words, noting that they "sound in unison with Russia's narrative."
"The messages that have been coming from the ruling party for two days contradict the statements of the statesmen of all our partner countries. I cannot find this explanation," she said.
Before that, the ruling party repeatedly spoke out in favor of resuming air traffic with Russia and noted that it would be extremely unprofitable for Georgia to impose sanctions against the Russian Federation.