The Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky, together with the ambassadors of all EU countries, handed over a demarche to the Georgian Deputy Prime Minister, Head of the Ministry of Economy Levan Davitashvili. It is connected with the resumption of air traffic between the Russian Federation and Georgia.. It is reported by Interpressnews.

" We reported that this decision is contrary to the unanimous decision of all 27 EU members not to fly directly to and from Russia and not to allow Russian aircraft to fly over the territory of EU member states,"

According to him, although it was Russia that made the decision to resume flights, it also needed the consent of the Georgian government to do so..

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The Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia, in turn, added that he assured European ambassadors that companies under EU sanctions would not operate flights, and all arriving Russians would be carefully checked..

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Earlier, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili stated that the country’s rapprochement with Russia is taking place within the framework of a “strategic policy of patience”.