Opposition leaders respond to Sergey Lavrov's statement with heavy criticism towards Georgian Dream
By Liza Mchedlidze
Thursday, January 19, 2023
After The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov praised the Georgian government for 'resisting Western pressure' at the press conference held on January 18, Georgian opposition leaders responded with heavy criticism towards the ruling party.
"This is a sad reality and a fact that confirms that the policy of "Georgian Dream" in relation to the actions of the Russian Federation, in relation to Ukraine, in relation to sanctions, is anti-European, therefore, anti-national and it only serves to make the authorities of the Russian Federation satisfied.
According to Badri Japaridze, Sergey Lavrov confirmed his satisfaction with the Georgian authorities.
"We have always evaluated the actions of the current Georgian government as deviating from the politics of the entire civilized world, which serves one thing to deserve praise from the Russian Federation, and what we expected happened. The Russian government directly praised the Georgian Dream government. This is a sad reality when the Russian Federation, which currently praises such autocratic regimes as in Syria, Belarus, now praises the Georgian authorities.
This is the assessment of the current government of Georgia, which is actually opposed to the policy implemented by the West and the civilized world towards the Russian Federation. This is a sad reality and a fact that proves that the policy of the Georgian Dream in relation to the actions of the Russian Federation, in relation to Ukraine, in relation to sanctions, is anti-European, therefore, anti-national, and it only serves to make the authorities of the Russian Federation satisfied, and this satisfaction today has been confirmed by Lavrov," said Badri Japaridze.
Giga Bokeria, the leader of European Georgia, said that "such statements should be alarming for all informed people."
According to him, Lavrov's statement is another symptom of how Ivanishvili's regime leaves Georgia vulnerable to Russian aggression.
"Putin's Russia, Putin, Lavrov are happy when Georgia is isolated from the West and is vulnerable to its aggression.
This is what causes joy, and everyone who has been deceived by Ivanishvili's propaganda, as if this means that we survived the Russian attack, should remember the examples of what happened to Russia's allies, including open allies, what happened to our neighbor, what happened to Shevardnadze at the time when he gave in, what happened to Yanukovych, so this statement is another symptom of how Ivanishvili's regime leaves Georgia vulnerable to Russian aggression, just like it was in the 90s," Bokeria said.
