The Administration of the President of Georgia has released a statement stressing that Salome Zurabishvili’s words about the Georgian Army were distorted and interpreted without context.

‘The speech of the President of Georgia has been distorted once again and taken out of the context.

The President’s speech was dedicated to Georgia’s national ideology, culture, empowerment of science and meant to hold an important position in the world via our culture. In this sense, we can conquer the world with the culture.

The President reiterated that this had nothing to do with Georgia’s defense forces and their dignity.

Spreading such a false interpretation is not only an attempt to discredit the president, but it primarily damages the country’s interests and security,’ the statement reads.

The president of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili hosted the scientific community at the Orbeliani Palace yesterday. As Salome Zurabishvili said in her speech, Georgia has neither army, no weapons, and will not have in the future.

‘We have no army, no weapons, and will not have in the future, too. We do not have the great economic potential to conquer the region, but we have a very powerful weapon, called knowledge, science and culture. The region is very rich in this regard. Everything has to start with believing in ourselves,’ President  said.

The #Caucasus is a crossroads of civilizations, home of a large linguistic, cultural and religious diversity. With the scientific community, we call on the Georgian authorities to establish a coordination center for Georgian and Caucasus studies. pic.twitter.com/ty4O2zsXBJ

— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) December 10, 2019