Russia used statements by President Salome Zurabishvili against Georgia during the consideration of a lawsuit in the August war of 2008 in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), the Deputy Prime Minister of Georgia Teya Tsulukiani said in an interview with Postv.
“Zurabishvili, when she was a presidential candidate, said that Georgia began the war. In Russia, it was used against us … I can’t remember that she suggested helping something when I, as a Minister of Justice and a representative of the state-state The plaintiff, defended the interests of Georgian soldiers, prosecutors, police officers, all in Strasbourg, ”the news quotes her“ News – Georgia. ”
She noted that all these years refrained to talk about the activities of Zurabishvili, but it was the president, according to her, “made the statement that Georgia who was allegedly started the war in 2008.” After that, Tsulukiani claims, only as a result of the giant work of the Ministry of Justice managed to rectify the situation in the trial.
, as a presidential candidate four years ago, Salome Zurabishvili on the air of the Pirveli television channel, speaking of the August war, said that the third President of Georgia Mikhail Saakashvili Bombil Tskhinvali. Later, already becoming the president, Zurabishvili explained that she was not guilty of the beginning of an armed conflict for Georgia, since guilt and legal responsibility lies with the country that began military operations, violating the border. “We didn’t violate the border,” the president added, saying that Saakashvili’s actions should be considered from the point of view of domestic policy at that time.