Georgia claims to have successfully prevented the risk of becoming a "second Ukraine"

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze (Photo: Reuters).

Prime Minister Kobakhidze told parliament on June 28 that the Georgian government has prevented external attempts to turn the country into a "second Ukraine," and Tbilisi will do its best to prevent such a scenario from happening in the future.

“As for the issue of Ukrainization, the attempt to turn Georgia into a second Ukraine, including the Maidan revolutionary organization and then the second (anti-Russian) front, we have talked about this many times. Sadly, some political forces are openly involved in it.

They are propagandizing and openly calling for the opening of a second front in Georgia. Of course, this has increased pressure on our country, but over the years we have managed to avoid such a scenario and, of course, we are sure that we will be able to cope with this problem in the future as well," Kobakhidze said.

The prime minister stressed that Georgia had faced similar threats in the past and the government would not let anyone push the country “into the same catastrophic situation” that Ukraine had been put in.

The Georgian government has repeatedly mentioned external efforts to draw the country into a "second front" against Russia, especially immediately after the outbreak of hostilities between Moscow and Kiev.

Moreover, the leaders of the ruling party "Georgian Dream - Democratic Georgia: stressed that any involvement in the conflict would bring a disastrous end to Georgia, while the government's task is to maintain peace in the country.

In May, Georgia expressed its determination to pass a "foreign agent" law despite concerns from the US and Europe.

At that time, Mr. Kobakhidze declared that he did not want the Georgian Maidan scenario to happen like in Ukraine in 2014 because it would lead to very serious consequences.

Later, Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili said that a number of countries have repeatedly called on Tbilisi to enter the conflict with Russia. In addition to urging Georgia to impose sanctions on Russia, these countries have even called on Tbilisi to send troops to Ukraine.

“Many sides have urged us to do this, which would mean entering into a direct conflict with Russia,” Mr. Papuashvili said.

Although Mr. Papuashvili did not specifically mention any countries, he implied that NATO members were among them. According to him, no NATO country has officially sent troops to Ukraine, so he was not sure why Georgia was asked to do so.

In addition, he said Georgia has long faced pressure to join Western sanctions against Moscow.

After years of tension with Russia over the 2008 conflict, Georgia has so far pursued a neutral approach to the war between Moscow and Kiev.

In 2022, when the Russia-Ukraine war broke out, Georgia said it had no plans to impose sanctions against Russia, citing national interests. This caused tension in relations between Tbilisi and Kiev.

Source: https://dantri.com.vn/the-gioi/gruzia-tuyen-bo-ngan-chan-thanh-cong-nguy-co-tro-thanh-ukraine-thu-2-20240629074652146.htm