01:32Mandatory credit: Georgian Prime Minister's Press Service
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that "if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership", speaking about the relations between Tbilisi and Kiev in the Georgian capital on Monday.
"The Ukrainian authorities recalled their ambassador on 1 March 2022, after the fifth day of the war. Two reasons were given, the first was the failure to sanction Russia. <...> The second reason is that we did not send military volunteers to Ukraine as agreed by the government, meaning we should have sent volunteers on our planes at their request, with the official authorisation of our government," Kobakhidze claimed.
"On this basis, if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership, which recalled their ambassador, which was an extremely unfriendly decision. As far as our approach to the Ukrainian leadership is concerned, we will remain in the mode of one-sided friendship, because the Ukrainian people need it from us," he continued.
On February 25, 2022, former PM Irakli Garibashvili said he had no plans to impose sanctions against Russia, due to the risk of harm to the national interest. At the same time, Tbilisi had repeatedly stated that it would not let others use the country to evade restrictions.
Subsequently, on March 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kiev had recalled its ambassador for consultations due to the Georgian government’s refusal to allow volunteers to go to Ukraine and Tbilisi’s 'immoral stance' on sanctions against Russia.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
'If anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership' - Georgian PM Kobakhidze on relations with Kiev
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that "if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership", speaking about the relations between Tbilisi and Kiev in the Georgian capital on Monday.
"The Ukrainian authorities recalled their ambassador on 1 March 2022, after the fifth day of the war. Two reasons were given, the first was the failure to sanction Russia. <...> The second reason is that we did not send military volunteers to Ukraine as agreed by the government, meaning we should have sent volunteers on our planes at their request, with the official authorisation of our government," Kobakhidze claimed.
"On this basis, if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership, which recalled their ambassador, which was an extremely unfriendly decision. As far as our approach to the Ukrainian leadership is concerned, we will remain in the mode of one-sided friendship, because the Ukrainian people need it from us," he continued.
On February 25, 2022, former PM Irakli Garibashvili said he had no plans to impose sanctions against Russia, due to the risk of harm to the national interest. At the same time, Tbilisi had repeatedly stated that it would not let others use the country to evade restrictions.
Subsequently, on March 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kiev had recalled its ambassador for consultations due to the Georgian government’s refusal to allow volunteers to go to Ukraine and Tbilisi’s 'immoral stance' on sanctions against Russia.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.
Mandatory credit: Georgian Prime Minister's Press Service
Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that "if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership", speaking about the relations between Tbilisi and Kiev in the Georgian capital on Monday.
"The Ukrainian authorities recalled their ambassador on 1 March 2022, after the fifth day of the war. Two reasons were given, the first was the failure to sanction Russia. <...> The second reason is that we did not send military volunteers to Ukraine as agreed by the government, meaning we should have sent volunteers on our planes at their request, with the official authorisation of our government," Kobakhidze claimed.
"On this basis, if anyone should reconsider their decisions, it is the Ukrainian leadership, which recalled their ambassador, which was an extremely unfriendly decision. As far as our approach to the Ukrainian leadership is concerned, we will remain in the mode of one-sided friendship, because the Ukrainian people need it from us," he continued.
On February 25, 2022, former PM Irakli Garibashvili said he had no plans to impose sanctions against Russia, due to the risk of harm to the national interest. At the same time, Tbilisi had repeatedly stated that it would not let others use the country to evade restrictions.
Subsequently, on March 1, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Kiev had recalled its ambassador for consultations due to the Georgian government’s refusal to allow volunteers to go to Ukraine and Tbilisi’s 'immoral stance' on sanctions against Russia.
Moscow launched a military offensive in Ukraine in late February 2022 after recognising the independence of the Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR and LPR), claiming that Kiev had failed to guarantee their special status under the 2014 Minsk Agreements, and urging Ukraine to declare itself officially neutral and give assurances that it would never join NATO.
Kiev denounced the Russian action as an invasion. Zelensky imposed martial law throughout the country, announcing a general mobilisation, while the EU and the US imposed several rounds of sanctions on Moscow.