Kasianov would need to evacuate Ukrainians from Georgia if we sent "Buks" to Ukraine, it's a shameful statement - Kobakhidze

We are used to such irrelevant statements from Kasianov. This is a sad fact. I can say that Kasianov would have needed to evacuate Ukrainians from Georgia if Georgia had sent Buk missiles to Ukraine. This would be Georgia's direct involvement in the military conflict.

Kasianov was calling us to join the war, and in this case we would have needed to evacuate not only Ukrainians, but also Georgians from Georgia. We have heard Kasianov's very heavy statements regarding the second front and this is a continuation of that rhetoric.

Everyone knows that the resumption of flights has nothing to do with the influx of Russians into Georgia. We have already had three speculative campaigns in this regard - one was in March, the second was during the summer season and the third was after the announcement of mobilization, and we proved that all three were empty speculations. No risks have been created for the security of our country, including the security of Ukrainians living in Georgia. It was all empty speculation, shameful speculation. Kasianov's statement today is a shameful speculative statement.

Flights have been unilaterally stopped by Russia, it was a sanction imposed by them, and if this sanction is canceled by the Russian Federation, it is their decision and we cannot make any decision about it. The only thing I can say once again is that, of course, such a decision will be a benefit for up to a million Georgians living in the Russian Federation," said Kobakhidze. [IPN]

Chairman of "Georgian Dream" Irakli Kobakhidze said while commenting on the statement of the temporary representative of Ukrainian affairs in Georgia, Andrei Kasyanov, who did not rule out the possibility of evacuating Ukrainian citizens from Georgia.