FM says PM convenes Security Council session whenever relevant situation, need arise

19:19, 10.05.2023

Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili has remarked on the Georgian President’s call for a National Security Council session to discuss Russia’s recent move to lift the ban on direct flights to Georgia.

Darchiashvili believes “This is not an issue that can be discussed at the Security Council,” adding that “the Prime Minister will convene the Council meeting whenever a relevant situation and a need arise.”

According to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree, from May 15, 2023, Georgian citizens will be able to enter and leave Russia without a visa for up to 90 days on the basis of valid identity documents.

For the record, Moscow cut off the direct air links between Russia and Georgia in 2019, following the anti-Russian protests in Tbilisi.

By - Marika Kartozia

Politics

Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili

Putin's decree