Tbilisi Mayor and General Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, stated that the government positively evaluates the remarks made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. Lavrov referred to the occupied t
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erritories of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region as Georgia's "neighboring countries" and expressed his willingness to help "normalize relations" with them.
Kaladze stated that one of the main tasks of the ruling team is to restore the territorial integrity of the country, which should be achieved through peaceful negotiations.
"In this regard, the honorary chairman of the party, Mr. Bidzina Ivanishvili, spoke at length. It should occur through mutual reconciliation, and it must happen only through peace, development, and mutual forgiveness. We all need to be able to analyze the past and acknowledge the mistakes we have made. We are not going to live in the parallel world created by the collective radical National Movement and its masters.
Regarding the statement from the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, our government certainly views it positively. The fact that Russia welcomes and supports reconciliation is certainly a positive development.
However, I would argue that alongside these statements, it would be beneficial to take actionable steps. For example, in relation to certain parts of our territories that are currently occupied and host Russian military bases, it would be prudent to begin developing an action plan to withdraw these military forces from Georgian territory. I repeat, the government of Georgia will do everything possible to reconcile with our Ossetian brothers and sisters. Only through peace and mutual forgiveness can we restore territorial integrity and live together," Kaladze told the media.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is ready to assist Georgia and its "neighboring countries" - Abkhazia and South Ossetia - in normalizing relations, if the "countries" themselves are interested. In response to a journalist's question about the recent statements from Georgian officials attributing the 2008 Russia-Georgia war to Mikheil Saakashvili, Lavrov remarked that "the current leadership of Georgia evaluates the past with honesty."
