TBILISI: Thousands rallied in Georgia on Friday (Feb 24) in solidarity with Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the fellow ex-Soviet nation and in support of Tbilisi's European Union membership. Some 30,000 demonstrators gathered outside parliament waving Georgian, Ukrainian and EU fla
TBILISI: Thousands rallied in Georgia on Friday in solidarity with Ukraine on the first anniversary of Russia's invasion of the fellow ex-Soviet nation and in support of Tbilisi's European Union membership.
Addressing the rally by video link from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko thanked Georgians for their support. Another demonstrator, agronomist Ani Shotadze, 54, said:"The future of Georgia and Ukraine is within the EU and Russia will have to forget its imperial dreams."The rally was held amid growing discontent over what critics say is the Georgian government's backsliding on democracy which undermines the Black Sea nation's EU bid.
Georgia's figurehead President Salome Zurabishvili on Friday expressed regret that the Georgian government was"trying to justify its supposedly 'neutral and balanced position.'"
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