Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili sharply criticized the country's government, in particular, for rapprochement with Russia.
She announced this at a solemn ceremony on Georgia's Independence Day.
"It is incomprehensible and insulting to our people when the government does not think about the honor and dignity of its citizens," Zurabishvili said.
She emphasized that the government should make more efforts to develop a reasonable policy with international partners and use the historical moment for Georgia's entry into the European family.
"It is unclear and regrettable when today we consider how many millions the "gift" of flights (with Russia) will bring us. Our dignity was sold for 200 or 300 million? Who thinks that Russia will return the territories to us in exchange for our concessions, he has not learned anything "from our history," the president said.
According to her, manipulating the topic of the threat of war with Russia and instilling fear in one's own society "cannot be a formula for successful government."
"It is not clear why no measures and fair rules have been taken against those who arrive en masse from Russia, especially in areas such as health care and education, or even the purchase of real estate and non-payment of taxes," Zurabishvili added.
It will be recalled that Georgia allowed three airlines to operate direct flights to the Russian Federation, including those that served flights to the annexed Crimea. The first flights already took place on May 19 and 20.
Earlier, the representative of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, said that Washington does not rule out the possibility of imposing sanctions against Georgia due to the resumption of direct air traffic with Russia.
