Civil Georgia
March 21, 2023
PM Accuses “Elite NGOs” in Providing “Fabricated Information” for State Department Report on Georgia
Speaking to journalists…Georgian Prime Minister Garibashvili…asked about the State Department’s 2022 Country Report on Human Rights in Georgia, PM said that the report is mainly based on information provided by “subjective”, “biased” and “unfair” conclusions developed by “politically engaged” “so-called elite NGOs, which is regrettable.” He said: “These facts are only not true, these are mere speculations “based on false, made-up, so to speak fabricated information. This is of no interest to us.”
He then talked about the “systemic corruption, systemic crimes” and human rights abuses 10 years ago, which he said he “does not remember mentioned in the State Department report, for example, which is unfortunate, of course.”
According to the PM, the “Government of Georgia opposes to all of this the truth, and no report can stand up to the truth.”
Garibashvili went on to say that “Georgia is an open democracy”, which is proven by the existence of “hundreds of NGOs”, which “unfortunately spread wrong information in the entire world and are trying to discredit the image of our state, which is of course, not in the interest of our state and our people.”
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When asked about the recent ICC decision to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President V. Putin Garibashvili said that members of the GD had already addressed the issue and issued statements. He also said: “The world is facing the threat of a 3rd World War, this assessment is not exaggerated, this is not a speculation.” He added that there is a global trend of increasing confrontation and escalation and that in these circumstances his role as head of state is to “preserve peace, stability and the survival of our country”.
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Rustavi 2
March 21, 2023
Today, the world, the whole world is facing the threat of the third world war. Such a statement made today the Prime Minister of Georgia in response to the question about the decision of the Hague Court regarding Vladimir Putin.
“The main thing I want to tell you is that today the world, the whole world is facing the threat of the 3rd world war.
“This assessment is not exaggerated, it is not speculation.
We are seeing more confrontation, more tension and more escalation every day. In these conditions, my main concern as the head of the Government and the order of our people is to maintain peace, stability and save our country,” said Irakli Garibashvili.
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Agenda.ge
March 21, 2023
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said the world was facing “World War III” on the backdrop of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict and stressed maintaining “peace” and “stability” in the country was his “main concern” amid the challenges.
Responding to a question by a domestic journalist on the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for abductions of Ukrainian children to Russia during the war, the PM pointed to a trend of “more confrontation, tension and escalation” being observed in the conflict “every day”.
“Today the world is facing the threat of World War III. This estimate is not exaggerated, it is not speculation. We are witnessing further confrontation, tension and escalation every day. In these conditions, my main concern as the head of the Government – and this is also the wish of the Georgian people – is to maintain peace, stability and save our country”, Garibashvili said during his visit to the southern Marneuli municipality on Nowruz holiday on Tuesday.
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