German Ambassador: Georgia faces danger of parties putting themselves first

19:30, 25.02.2021

German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch considers Georgia to be in danger today as parties obviously put themselves first.

“This is clear in the case where they run for Parliament, but do not take up the yoke of responsibility,” the Ambassador stated at the opening of the 100 years of Georgia’s first democratic constitution and Soviet occupation Conference at the Tbilisi State University.

“Also more generally, however, parties too often follow an understanding of politics in which fighting the other side comes before serving the community. If this does not stop, it will be a fight on a sinking ship. I say this as an outside observer – but you do not need us to know it. Democracy is not something you do to please the European Union or the United States. Not even to annoy the people in the Kremlin and to nourish the fear in their hearts. You do it for your own well-being as a nation – and because you owe it to its history,” Knirsch stressed.

??? Remarks of Ambassador Knirsch at the opening of today’s conference „100 years of Georgia´s first democratic…

Posted by Deutsche Botschaft Tiflis გერმანიის საელჩო თბილისი on Thursday, February 25, 2021

By - Marika Kartozia

Politics

German Ambassador to Georgia

Hubert Knirsch