Georgia responds to Western pressure to impose sanctions against us with national interests

According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the West wants to make Georgia an "irritation" to Moscow. According to him, Georgia is guided by national interests in response to the unprecedented pressure of the West, on the demand for sanctions against Russia.

"Now in Georgia, with the president... there is the government... which, in response to unprecedented pressure to join the sanctions, open a second front, even such terminology has already been used, they (the Prime Minister and the Georgian government) respond:

You know, we are guided by our national interests. We have trade with Russia, we have tourism and we receive energy resources," Lavrov said in an interview with Russia 24 TV and RIA Novosti.

According to him, this approach of the government meets the interests of the state and the people.