Nausėda: Pavilionis’ speeches at Sakartvele damaged Lithuania’s image



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“Today, after the visit of Mr. Žygimantas Pavilionis, I am sadly forced to state that damage has been done and that our image as a mediator in Sakartvele may have been damaged,” G. Nausėda told a press conference on Wednesday.

According to him, the aim is to get involved in the situation at the level of the European Union, the president of the European Council, Chaless Michel, visited Sakartvele, discussing both with the opposition and with the leaders of the ruling majority.

“We cannot say that these results are already very tangible and promising, but that is the beginning,” he said.

The president assured that in a conversation with the president of Sakartvelo, Salome Zurabishvili, he stressed that Lithuania was willing to “come to Sakartwell and help Poland overcome the difficult situation”, both alone and with Poland and the Baltic countries.

“But today we have to help each other, not hinder each other,” he said.

Sakartvele has recently deepened the political crisis that followed last year’s parliamentary elections, when former Prime Minister Georgi Gachary resigned over government plans to arrest opposition leader Melia.

The attempt to arrest Melia, president of the United National Movement founded by former President Mikheil Saakashvili, sparked outrage from the opposition.

Some of Sakartwell’s allies in the West also issued alerts to Tbilisi.

The opposition believes that the October 31 parliamentary elections, won by a small margin by the ruler Sakartwell Dream, are rigged.

Ž. After the pavilion left for Sakartvela, the local rulers’ outrage was sparked by their speeches at a press conference with opposition political forces.

Sakartwell-appointed Prime Minister Iraklis Garibashvili after this press conference Ž. He called Pavilionis’ remarks “unacceptable and offensive.”



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