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'The West demanded that we get involved in war with Russia'
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Quincy Center for Responsible Statecraft
Posted: October 26th, 2025
https://responsiblestatecraft.org/georgia-kavelashvili/
The European Union expects Georgia to change radically to accommodate the EU. The Georgian government expects the EU to change radically to accommodate Georgia. What brought matters to a head between Georgia and the EU was the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The Georgian government condemned the invasion, sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine and imposed certain sanctions on Russia. However, it tried to block Georgian volunteers going to Ukraine to fight and rejected Western pressure to send military aid and to impose the full range of EU sanctions, leading to fresh accusations of being “pro-Russian.” On this, President Kavelashvili pushed back very strongly. He accused the West of trying to provoke a new war with Russia that would be catastrophic for Georgia. Georgia has a government that represents the interests of our people…the same media outlets that accuse us of being under Russian influence tell the same lie about President Trump,” [he said]. President Kavelashvili accused the U.S. “deep state” and organizations like USAID, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the European Parliament of mobilizing the Georgian opposition to this end; “but despite all this pressure, we stood and continue to stand as guardians of Georgian national interest and of Georgian economic growth” — the latter comment a veiled reference to the very important economic links between Georgia and Russia.
Note: Our Substack, Working Together To End the War On Peace in Ukraine, challenges the dominant narrative on the Ukraine war, arguing that US and NATO policies, wartime corruption, media censorship, and corporate profiteering have fueled the conflict while blocking genuine peace efforts. Learn more about how war is a tool for hidden agendas in our comprehensive Military-Intelligence Corruption Information Center. For more, read our concise summaries of news articles on war.
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