Commenting on the renewal of air traffic between Russia and Georgia, Speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Oleg Nikolenko recalled that 20% of the country's territory is still occupied by Russians. This is reported by the official website of the diplomatic department.

" And in an agreement with the devil, as you know, the devil wins"

We consider Vladimir Putin's decision to cancel Russian visas for Georgian citizens and restore air travel as political compensation for the refusal of the current authorities to impose sanctions on Russia imposed due to its attack on Ukraine, as well as the slowdown in European integration.

Tbilisi's course towards the normalization of relations with Moscow is taking place against the backdrop of Russian occupation of 20% of Georgian territory, creeping " The Kremlin receives concessions without responsibility for the grief it caused the Georgian people.

In 2008, Russian planes already flew to Georgia to bomb civilians.. Now they plan to bomb the European future of Georgians.

Russia is not interested in Georgia's promotion to the EU and NATO, its prosperity and development. Moscow's goal is to create conditions under which progress will be impossible. Proven on the experience of Belarus, whose sovereignty and independence were absorbed by the Russian Federation.

The policy of rapprochement with the aggressor does not find support among some of the Georgian politicians and the population, who have repeatedly publicly expressed their position, in particular in protests.

In this context, we express our solidarity and support to the Georgians in their legitimate aspiration to build a prosperous European state within its internationally recognized borders..

We call on the Georgian government to synchronize its policy towards Russia with the policy of the EU, and also to refrain from actions that reject the further European movement of Georgia,"

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Recall that after Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday canceled the visa regime for Georgian citizens from May 15 by his decrees and allowed Russian airlines to fly to Georgia, the US State Department warned the country about sanctions if direct flights are nevertheless resumed..