The chairman of the ruling party of Georgia “Georgian Dream” Irakli Kobahidze said that the introduction of direct bilateral sanctions against Russia would be a punishment for his own country.
Kobahidze said about this on the air “Imady”, reports news-group.
“We will not impose sanctions against the Russian Federation, we will not punish our country and people, so we will not make any such decisions,” he said.
Kobahidze called the opposition’s statements that this decision is an “gift” of Russia to the pro -Russian government.
“We calculated that the introduction of sanctions against Russia will make with the economy of Georgia. For example, we had two -digit economic growth, more than 10 percent, last year. And if we imposed our sanctions, we would have a two -digit economic The decline is at least from 10 to 18 percent. This is what a radical opposition required. They wanted to ruin the country, but they failed because we took a firm position, ”said Kobahidze.