Source: Reference News
According to a report by the Tass news agency on October 9, Kaha Karadze, general secretary of Georgia's ruling party "Georgian Dream-Democratic Georgia" and mayor of Tbilisi, told reporters that after the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine in 2022, a certain Western country The ambassador to Georgia once proposed that Georgia go to war with Russia, saying that "persist for 10 days and then turn into guerrilla warfare."
In an interview with Georgian Imedi TV, Kalazer said: “A (Western) ambassador in a meeting with our prime minister said, ‘You just have to fight and the military equipment will be secured.
Karadze did not specify which ambassador made the suggestion. At that time, Georgia's prime minister was Iraq Garibashvili.
Gary Bashvili announced on February 25, 2022 that Georgia did not intend to impose sanctions on Russia on the basis of national interests.In early March 2024, given the position of the Georgian authorities on the issue of sanctions, Ukrainian President Zelensky ordered the withdrawal of the ambassador to Tbilisi. The above-mentioned decision of the GER government was also criticized by domestic opposition, which accused the authorities of cooperating with Russia.
Top leaders of Georgia's ruling party have repeatedly accused the Ukraine government and some European politicians of trying to open up a "second battlefield" in Georgia, believing that certain forces intend to stimulate Russia to launch parallel military operations in the region.