Stefanchuk, Papuashvili discuss Georgia's accession to sanctions against Russia

Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Ruslan Stefanchuk discussed Georgia's accession to the global sanctions policy against the Russian Federation with Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili.

"We discussed a number of issues related to Georgia's accession to a strong global sanctions policy against the Russian Federation," Stefanchuk said at a joint briefing with Papuashvili at the Parliament of Ukraine on April 16, an Ukrinform correspondent reported.

In addition, according to Stefanchuk, the Ukraine–Georgia relations in the future – after Ukraine’s victory over Russia – were discussed. "First of all, this future concerns a joint movement towards the European integration prospects. We agreed that such a unique chance for Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova became possible, including due to the heroic resistance of the Ukrainian people in this terrible war," Stefanchuk noted.

He also said that trade and economic cooperation was among the issues discussed during the meeting.

In addition, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine invited politicians and the people of Georgia to take an active part in the restoration of Ukraine after the victory over Russia.

At the same time, Stefanchuk thanked the Georgians for their support for Ukraine in the war. He also honored the memory of the fallen Georgian citizens who had been fighting on the Ukrainian side.

As reported, the Georgian parliamentary delegation led by Speaker Shalva Papuashvili arrived in Ukraine on April 16. During the visit, the parliamentarians visited the de-occupied localities of Kyiv region – Bucha and Irpin.

Earlier, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that Georgia had no plans to join Western economic and financial sanctions against Russia due to a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

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