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Rati Bregadze: "Our Formula is Unconditional Support of Friends and at the Same Time Protecting the National Interests of Georgia"
"We have said what our formula is - it is the unconditional and unwavering support of friends on absolutely all platforms and at the same time protection of the national interests of Georgia, and decision of any responsible government should be protection of interests of its people," - said Minister of Justice, Rati Bregadze on Imedi TV.
According to the Minister, the responsible government is obliged to assess all the risks properly and not to allow any violence on the territory of their own country.
"Let's look at the situation as follows - Russian military bases are currently on the territory of Georgia, about 20% of the country's territories are occupied by the Russian Federation. Also, up to one million Georgians are living in the Russian Federation and, naturally, the fate of them and their families who are in Georgia should also be taken into account. We also have our citizens on the territory of Ukraine and, naturally, we have to take into account the very difficult security environment that has unfortunately developed around Georgia during this period, as well as the economic consequences of the co-epidemic, which we have begun to overcome gradually. Of course, in this situation, any responsible government is obliged to assess all the risks properly and not to allow any violence on the territory of its own country. We went through this period - finally, you remember, it was a very tragic war in 2008 and also, 30 years after gaining independence, Georgia is in a period of chronic bloodshed, war, and as it turned out, we more or less overcame this period and after 2012 it became possible to maintain peace in Georgia. This, of course, is primarily in the interests of the population and, naturally, it is our unconditional obligation to weigh all these factors and make any decision for the benefit of our citizens and with the unconditional and strong support of our friends," - said Rati Bregadze.