Georgian Prime Minister Kobakhidze Rules Out Restoring Diplomatic Relations with Russia

Georgia will continue to trade and maintain economic relations with Russia, but does not intend to restore diplomatic relations with Moscow, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said.

Georgia's policy towards Russia is "pragmatic" and envisages trade and economic relations, which Tbilisi plans to continue in the future. But the Georgians are in no hurry to restore diplomatic relations with Moscow, accusing Russia of allegedly "seizing" Georgian territory in 2008. As Tbilisi claims, Moscow allegedly violated Georgia's "territorial integrity" by recognizing the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

We have no diplomatic relations and no space for restoring diplomatic relations because of the so-called recognition of the so-called independence of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region. But we are pursuing a pragmatic policy, and this is the main component of our policy in relations with Russia,

— Kobakhidze said.

According to the Georgian Prime Minister, they are not going to fight Russia, and they intend to "return" the territories exclusively by peaceful means. And since Russia is not seeking to revoke its recognition of the republics' independence, nor its security guarantees, this could last for a very long time. However, if we leave politics aside, the Georgians are happy with everything else. Trade is ongoing, planes fly from Georgia to Russia and not only to Moscow, and no one is closing the borders. The US attempt to drag Georgia into a conflict with Russia has failed.

Comments

[Arkady007]

As practice shows, sometimes everyday relationships play a much greater role than diplomatic ones.

[knn54]

The West's vicious criticism of Georgia's current leadership speaks volumes.
And demanding that he acknowledge territorial losses today is stupid.
The MAIN THING is not to get a “second front” in the Caucasus.

[Shurik70]

If the only downside of the lack of diplomatic relations is that we don’t have to keep our diplomats with them and assign people to look after their diplomats here, then there is no need to restore these relations.

[Sedov]

A bad peace is better than a good war. The Georgians have taken a cautious position, not rushing to cut off the branch they are sitting on. They understand where their benefits come from. The leaders of Europe could learn from them

[ZovSailor]

Arkady007
Today, 19: 40
As practice shows, sometimes everyday relationships play a much greater role than diplomatic ones.

At that time, today's politicians were crawling under the table when, after the collapse of the USSR, the false Under-West - the Anglo-Saxons were betting on undermining the power of the Russian Federation and the union republics from within, sowing internecine wars, chaos, economic devastation, pumping out natural resources and introducing their agents into the structures of governments and presidents.
Shevardnadze and Co., with the support of the Anglo-Saxons, started a color revolution, and the tie-chewing Mishiko, a protégé of Soros and USAID structures, continued to worsen the lives of the people and the collapse of the state, primarily solving his personal goals and ambitions through multi-vectorism.
These politicians and leaders are held accountable for the current situation of the people and the state.

[AAK]

As practice shows even more accurately, this is exactly what happens when political shortsightedness or some unknown selfish interests prevent our troops from reaching Tiflis... although, taking into account the ingratitude and selfishness currently being shown by the rescued Abkhazians (see the article "Pay up, brother..." and a number of others), it is not known what would have actually been better...

[valentine]

From the same series is the rollback from Kyiv in 2022. Traders in war always mean a lot of bloodshed.

[Thrifty]

The main thing is that the Georgians don’t get involved in NATO!

[Lev_Russia]

Well, it doesn't really matter that the rodents there think that we violated something... We saved that same Tskhinvali and its civilian population from destruction... But weren't they the first to attack our peacekeepers, so let them say thank you for at least trading with them, and they need diplomatic relations more than we do anyway...

[Sergey39]

I wonder how the Georgians will behave if we refuse their wine and Borjomi water?

[tralflot1832]

Sergey, the Georgians have a bit of a problem with Borjomi.

[Aken]

Borjomi has been bought. All that remains is to buy up the vineyards. This is a program for the future.

[lutikovvn]

Quote: Sergey39

I wonder how the Georgians will behave if we refuse their wine and Borjomi water?

And who are we? You and me? I will definitely not buy anything Georgian. Having served in the 90s in Transcaucasia, I will never set foot there again. It was there that they spat in our backs and called us occupiers. But I know many people who today happily go there on holiday. They buy Georgian goods and extol them. They have already forgotten and do not want to remember the death of our peacekeepers. The fate of the Russians who lived there. The rottenness and venality of the Russian people hurts me more than the meanness of open enemies.

[Anyuta Glorious]

That's the whole problem, that it is precisely that vile, rotten, corrupt part of the Russian people that communicates with the world, and this causes rejection, and also creates a completely distorted concept of the Russian people as a whole.

[Timon2155]

You write beautifully... But in fact, our own native Russian authorities, cunning politicians and oligarchs have ruined the Russian people incomparably more than the Georgians. Will you also suggest "not to set foot there"? There is a mess in your head and you do not want to sort it out, only emotions.

[NW]

Quote: lutikovvn

I definitely won't buy anything Georgian.

Likewise. And this is forever. Well, let our children do as they wish. My daughter is a pacifist. And only life can re-educate her.

[valentine]

Only consumers who don't care about anything except their own immediate desires go on holiday to Transcaucasia. They are not people.

[alexandre II]

lutikovvn........I agree, I also served in Lagodekhi, I can't say anything good

[Penzyak]

Similarly, after serving in Mikha Tskhakaya (Senaki), there are only bad memories.

[Penzyak]

Quote: Sergey39

I wonder how the Georgians will behave if we refuse their wine and Borjomi water?

It's even more interesting how the Genatsvales will get out of this if Russia imposes a complete embargo on trade with the Chachiks. Will the Turks supply them with electricity and flour? And at what price?

[Aleksey Aleksandrovich]

They'll probably be upset

[alexandre II]

Borjomi is an expensive product, here its price starts from 1,55 euros for 0,5, Essentuki is better, cheaper and healthier, this Borjomi is of no use to anyone in the EU, especially since there is no guarantee that it is not a fake

[smart ass]

They fired Grads at Tskhinvali, and we are the ones left holding the bag?

[Soldatov V.]

What do they supply us with besides wine? And is there any sanitary control over the supplied goods, our control, the state control? Otherwise it's booze in all the stores.

[kventinasd]

I don't know anyone among my acquaintances who would prefer Georgian wines to Crimean or Krasnodar wines. Maybe someone buys them, but most likely it's the local Georgian diaspora and other "dzhigits".

[Sergey39]

If I want Saperavi or Rkatsiteli wine, I buy wine from Crimea or Krasnodar Krai. It's a pity that our winemakers charge too much for their products. Their quality is often inferior to that of France and Italy. And I don't drink semi-sweet Kindzmarauli and Alazani Valley and the like. It's easy to hide "swill" under sugar.

[NW]

Quote: V.

And is there sanitary control?

This is mafia. Besides, it is known that Georgian vineyards are in principle incapable of providing the current volumes of wine supplies to the Russian Federation - this is a very murky swill in all respects. I don't know who is protecting this scam and why.

[nordscout]

Mr. Kobakhidze, as the people say: "It's not evening yet...." We'll see who and how will "press" and "undermine" Georgia... Perhaps the only correct "step" to preserve Georgia's sovereignty and independence will be a "step" towards Russia... It makes sense to "observe" small and proud Armenia, analyze the "path of fall" of the former Ukraine, the beginning of the "decay" and "sinification" of Kazakhstan... Before, just "turn on your brain" and think about the future of your people....

[Lemon]

I agree. Well said! As they say, time will tell.

[Akuzenka]

Before, just "turn on your head" and think about the future of your people....

If only your words would reach the ears of our leaders, and not only ours. But alas, they hear and think with another organ, like all capitalists, their wallet!

[Soldatov V.]

Our citizens over a million vacation there every year, and they are checked to see if they bring home any gonorrhea, AIDS, coronavirus? At least selectively.

[Dutchman Michel]

More than a million of our citizens vacation there every year.

Our citizens should not be allowed there, so that they don’t support rodents with their money.

[guest]

Quote: V.

More than a million of our citizens vacation there every year.

But are these our citizens, as our “great friend” Brzezinski said?

[RuAbel]

A bad peace is better than a good quarrel! We don't need Georgia at all, except for extreme sports enthusiasts who want to wander there. But we can oppress Georgians in Russia, if necessary.

[Timon2155]

Did you think long about the comment? Go to the Cross Pass, count how many loaded trucks are going to the Russian Federation. Do you think they are carrying wine? No. They are carrying goods that cannot be delivered to Russia directly. But via Georgia (Turkey) - please! I see that a gathering of yuriakals has gathered here: the main thing is to throw their hats higher and shout loudly "hurray". But to think with your head and count - no, yuriakals cannot do this.

[RuAbel]

Well, we'll count if you tell us what exactly these trucks are carrying through Georgia. I think they're carrying grey stuff by ship.

[Timon2155]

There is an endless line of trucks. Each one has 20+ tons. Hundreds of thousands of tons a year of all sorts of stuff. They are clearly not carrying wine and songs. They are carrying goods that you and I buy in stores. Georgia has very little of its own export to the Russian Federation, mostly transit goes through Georgia. And the license plates on the trucks are usually Turkish. Europe carries its goods to Turkey, where they are reloaded onto Turkish and Georgian trucks - and forward, to the Russian Federation. So what? Should we close the border?

[RuAbel]

Definitely. Until we find out what's in the trucks.

[Timon2155]

Who do you think you are? Customs knows what is being imported, they have no questions. Georgia does not produce so much wine and Borjomi. There is nothing else to bring "made in Georgia". The only thing left is transit. So what can they bring in such quantities except consumer goods? Nothing. Your logic is weak, but you write comments without thinking.

[RuAbel]

You're the one who's attacking people without thinking. Maybe you have your own business there? Well, they're bringing it and they're bringing it. If it's beneficial to everyone, let it be so. We're talking about diplomatic relations! And you, bring it, what are you bringing, and don't get caught here)

[Timon2155]

What? The truth hits you in the face? Who was it who shouted above that we don't need Georgia? Wasn't it you? You.
Having received a response on the case - changed their tune. Mamkin's oppressor of Georgians (oppressing Georgians is also your thing) whined: in the comments they are throwing themselves at him, save him))).
There's a bunch of dumb-assers up there with proposals to "close the borders," "not buy Georgian," and "the Georgians need diplomatic relations more than we do." What are they thinking? It looks like they have Ryaba mayonnaise in their heads.
We'll close the borders and in 2 months we'll be back in the 90s. We're already heading there. We don't produce a damn thing of our own, and with such interest rates on industrial loans we'll bury production altogether.
And diplomatic relations - what are they for? They are of no use - I know from my own experience.

[ilya63]

I went to Georgia in April last year, I didn’t see any caravans of trucks, only resellers from Kazakhstan in cars.

[yuriy55]

Love comes and goes, but you always want to eat ...

[Fitter65]

Georgia will continue to trade and maintain economic relations with Russia, but does not intend to restore diplomatic relations with Moscow

That's why I don't buy anything made in Georgia on principle.

[Vechernick]

Rationally and honestly, as they say in the Trump-Orbonov trend, I expressed myself, in many ways I do not agree with his opinion, but I can accept his position and even show understanding and respect (considering that he is the leader of a country that once lost a war and lost territory)... I hope that Saakashvili and his henchmen will one day be seriously and for a long time condemned for thousands of ruined lives, hundreds of thousands of broken destinies, and for the fact that decades are needed to normalize Russian-Georgian relations (or simply :) Bolsheviks in power in both countries)

[shikin]

Georgia, theoretically, can return the lost Abkhazia and South Ossetia, but for this, first of all, it needs to establish relations not with Russia, but with Abkhazia and South Ossetia. And only good deeds can restore the trust of the residents of these territories. This is a matter for years, if not decades, but it seems that Georgia has not even started.

[Salt]

The strong does not offer peace to the weak.
They don’t need good neighborly relations with a large neighbor, which means that if we want, we can put economic pressure on them.
Let's see how they sing next.

[archiroll]

A smart calf sucks two breasts, the main thing is not to confuse it with a bull...

[Fangaro]

It's not pleasant to read. But if you simplify it to the everyday level...
I don't like you. I won't be friends with you as a family. But I won't fight either. We're neighbors. Let's just continue living next door to each other. If I can help, I'll help sometimes. What I ask - you decide for yourself whether to help or not. I won't lend you money, I won't let you spend the night. But you do the same.
This is my personal opinion, a simplified version.

[Graz]

let them sit quietly and not make trouble for us, that's enough for us from them

[vostok68]

There's one thing I don't understand, we have Georgian wines on our store shelves! But do we need them? Especially since they're as lousy as can be, get them off the field along with all the rodents

[Timon2155]

Turn on your logic: wines are worth it = they are bought = they are needed. If they were not needed = they would not be bought = they would not be worth it (then it would be a loss).

[Yuri L]

Or maybe their strategy is not so stupid? We develop all sorts of trade relations, but we hold diplomatic relations like a carrot in front of a donkey. Now hand over Abkhazia to us, which hangs on you like a bitcoin suitcase without a handle, we will establish "constitutional-execution" order there with the forces of the American expeditionary-resort corps (well, the Abkhazians themselves want to invite this corps), then Russia will earn the right to bite off a tasty diplomatic piece of carrot.

[Timon2155]

Who needs diplomatic relations? For what? What good are they? Zero! Calculated, mutually beneficial trade and tourism relations are a hundred times better.

[Vasily12]

Close the border with Georgia and forget that such a country exists. If you are in a country with which there are no diplomatic relations, no one will help you in any trouble on their territory, our country has no protection for you.

[Totor5]

How to import Borjomi and other Kindzmarauli?

[vostok68]

Why? Import substitution? We have enough mineral water in every region, there's no need to even talk about wines, ours are gradually taking over the market

[Totor5]

These are questions for Putin - why is it lying in stores and why is he dancing in front of the Georgians. Apparently he is afraid of a second front instead of another Minsk/Istanbul.

[Timon2155]

There is no "defense of our country." Big words, nothing more.

[Ivan Kuzmich]

Vasily, hello.
Why the hell does he go to a country with which there are no diplomatic relations???
Recently in Georgia a Russian businessman was killed, the car was found in a mountain river.
The wife was lucky, she wasn't killed

[faterdom]

Well, what can he officially declare?
Let us judge not by words, but by deeds...
They are hostages of their lace panties and mistakes, we are hostages of ours.
When Gorbachev said that he "only saw it on TV" when the Transcaucasian Military District troops dispersed the crowd, does this not remind us of Nicholas's Bloody Sunday, when he and his family sat in Gatchina and instructed the military to "resolve the issue"?
And both, as a result of their unwillingness to work and govern the state, lost that very state, power, Nikolai with his family and life. Gorbachev did not lose his life and loved ones, but for centuries he will remain a Judas, and it is not known which is worse.
Georgian nationalists existed a hundred years ago (Zhordania), and the Soviet government raised the son of the writer Konstantin Gamsakhurdia, whom it favored, Zviad, a Georgian leader who unleashed wars with the Abkhazians and Ossetians, deciding to liquidate their autonomies, and then the peoples themselves.

[Andrey Mishin]

This suits us. We just need to make sure that they don't send spies across the open border and that our laws are respected.

[NW]

Quote: Andrey Mishin

This suits us.

I think that Georgian spies, unlike the villagers, find it difficult to hide among Russians, and they are the lesser evil compared to criminals. No, I am not happy with that.

[Totor5]

In order to wag its tail in front of the Georgians, the Russian Federation decided not to include in its composition what, by Right and Truth, is its.

[Skobaristan]

You finish the story. What exactly did you decide not to take. And then tell us how much effort will have to be put into "digesting" all of this. In my humble opinion, everything is being done as it should be. There is no need to rush. The fruit must ripen. We already have enough problems with the Caucasian republics in our composition.

[Totor5]

They spoke about holding a referendum on joining in 2022 together with the Confederates. But the Kremlin decided to appease the Georgians.

[Million]

Well, that's right. And honest.

[Skobaristan]

IMHO, well done, smart guy. Everything has its time.

[Igor1915]

All this suggests that there will never be peace in Russia. A very large territory, a huge number of neighbors, not just with one but with others there will be friction - the West will try. And there is no solution to these problems in sight.

[Sergey_O]

Even I was scared by the lack of desire for diplomatic relations. Like that hedgehog...

[speed4fun]

After the collapse of the USSR, the feelings of unity towards the former USSR are not determined by the borders of the former republics, but by the characteristics of each region. A referendum should have been held to find out whether the population wants to stay or not. As a Spaniard, I do not see Russia as an imperialist country seeking to seize territory... it is the only country that has given up a huge territory and resources. Ask the US to return Texas, California and New Mexico to their rightful owners

[Glagol1]

A simple truth: don't pour boiling oil on the cobra's head, just step aside. Today's Georgian authorities are pragmatic, intelligent people who care about the well-being of their country. It is with these people that we will eventually be able to find solutions to the complex problems imposed by Anglo-Saxon circles. One thing is important for us: this government has a mandate from the Georgian people to develop their country. This automatically means that there are no hostile preparations against us. The French-striped granny was given a fine kick in the ass, the tie swallower is in a government house, everything is fine. Don't rush things!

[tolmachiev51]

"What a grief" - no one needed them, but showing off is the most important thing!!! The situation with Abkhazia teaches nothing.

[sgr291158]

Well, that's great, the main thing is that everyone is happy and content.

[Wayfarer_2]

Well, actually, okay. Our generous rulers will provide fewer benefits to Georgia. The latter's rulers constantly emphasize that their course for joining the EU and NATO is unchanged. Well, a drum on their neck. As it turns out, sometimes using a stick is many times more useful than countless carrots. You just have to not be afraid to take it in hand. As for the pragmatism of the Georgian government. They clearly understand that without trade and economic relations with Russia, Georgia simply cannot survive. At the same time, their policy is ambivalent. They accuse Saakashvili of a criminal attack on Tskhinvali, which led to the loss of Georgia's territories. They admit that Georgia, on Saakashvili's orders, attacked first. But at the same time, they accuse Russia of seizing Georgian territories. By the way, the refusal to restore diplomatic relations with Russia gives the latter the opportunity to annex South Ossetia. There are no problems with the referendum on this account. The problem there is something else. Geography. Practically, South and North Ossetia are connected by a single road - a tunnel. Well, and the annexation of South Ossetia implies large investments in the economic and social development of this territory. There is no time for that yet.

[hhurik]

Quote: lutikovvn

Quote: Sergey39

I wonder how the Georgians will behave if we refuse their wine and Borjomi water?

And who are we? You and me? I will definitely not buy anything Georgian. Having served in the 90s in Transcaucasia, I will never set foot there again. It was there that they spat in our backs and called us occupiers. But I know many people who today happily go there on holiday. They buy Georgian goods and extol them. They have already forgotten and do not want to remember the death of our peacekeepers. The fate of the Russians who lived there. The rottenness and venality of the Russian people hurts me more than the meanness of open enemies.

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[ev.spb]

Don't follow Japan's example. And no one needs war, although there are enough Georgians in the ranks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Why are even those who were with us and fought against fascism during the Great Patriotic War now trying to prove and show that Russians are worse than them? It's the same as betraying your own fathers and ancestors. As if "there was nothing good in the past."

[gribanov.c]

The king's mistake was the annexation of the Georgian kingdoms in the 1800s and 1810s. A simple military alliance, a protectorate, would have been enough to protect.

[Ezekiel 25-17]

Georgia's roots go back to the Georgian Legion of the Wehrmacht.

[Tantalum]

Well done. We don't need any relations after which there's another knife in the back and we're deceived again. And so it is with everyone. Visa regime, no dual citizenship and a blood oath when accepting Russian citizenship. Every dirty creature perceives our peacefulness and hospitality as weakness. Well, let's downvote tolerant and friendly people.

[Rtu]

Well, I think this situation suits us. Well, for now you don't get involved with NATO, at least. Of course, if you work with them "in the long run", then diplomacy wouldn't hurt. But, as long as the current government is in place, then it's enough. If only the customs policy was stricter, otherwise all sorts of crap is pouring out. And don't be so sneaky with the prices of our energy resources.

[Fangaro]

Don't like your neighbor - change your place of residence. You can - your neighbor. If you can't - your own. Or negotiate. This is on a household level.
And at the state level... Either negotiate or fight.
Kobakhidze is very cynical. But this is better than vows of eternal mutual assistance.

[Idle_piston]

I absolutely support it, if Azerbaijan and the Central Asian caliphates joined the severance of diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation, I am all for it! I still don’t understand how they are still dealing with us “the occupiers”?

[Pique vest]

Without diplomatic relations, things are somehow better for both Russia and Georgia