"It's very cool, it's so very cool! There can't be anything cooler than that," the executive secretary of Georgian Dream, Mamuka Mdinaradze, commented on Nicolas Maduro's statement regarding the elections held in Georgia.
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Maduro, who a few months ago assumed the presidency of Venezuela for the third time following disputed elections, is an ally of Russia and recognizes the occupied territories of Georgia as "independent countries." As per his assessment, Georgian Dream won an "exemplary, stellar" victory in the parliamentary elections.
"This is very good. You know, if he - a person who recognized 'South Ossetia' and Abkhazia saw at least a little of the reality that nothing happened here, he will also recognize that Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region are an integral part of Georgia.
It's a big step forward, and it's really cool. This is, in my opinion, one of the first successes of the policy of non-recognition. If Maduro sees that the elections in this country were held legitimately and that he has no problems with this country, there is a great chance that he will withdraw recognition tomorrow," Mdinaradze said at the press conference.
Apart from Maduro, Hungary, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, and China congratulated Georgian Dream on its victory in the parliamentary elections.
Nicolás Maduro has been the president of Venezuela since 2013. He was re-elected in a July 28 election without the Venezuelan government releasing detailed results of the vote to confirm his victory. The opposition claims that the election was won by Edmundo Gonzalez, who had about 65% support according to independent exit polls. Thousands of people gathered in the streets of Caracas to protest against Maduro. At least 2000 people were arrested during the crackdown on the protests, and Gonzalez fled to Spain. Maduro labeled the protests as an attempted coup by "fascist and counter-revolutionary forces" instigated by foreign interests. The results of the elections were not recognized by either the United States or the majority of Latin American countries, as well as by the European Union.
