Irakli Kadagishvili, Chair of the Parliament’s Regional Policy and Self-Government Committee, says Baltic states are trying “to provoke hostilities between Georgia and Russia to protect their borders.”

Speaking to GPB First Channel, Kadagishvili said: “The main issue was starting a confrontation in the Caucasus. This might seem normal in someone’s geopolitical vision, but not for Georgia. They should recall the wars Georgia has endured and see what results they brought for the country.”

Kadagishvili claimed that “global war forces want tensions between Georgia and Russia, and are using Baltic countries to achieve this goal.”

“The head of Latvia’s intelligence and security service said that while there’s war in Ukraine, Latvia’s borders remain calm with no threat of attack from Russia,” he stated. “This is the key answer to why Baltic countries are eager to see such confrontational situations between Georgia and Russia – in their understanding, it would make their borders even safer.”

The reason for the tough stance towards Georgia is that fire would have to be begun on Russia from the South Caucasus, which would be exceedingly difficult for Russia but disastrous for Georgia.

We refused this path, and now there are attempts to change the government in Georgia or bring in one that will be obedient in this direction.

The European Parliament resolution declared that we should apply sanctions on Russia, which would not only cause a catastrophic economic crisis, but that Russia would go beyond an economic offensive and attempt to conduct a direct or proxy war against Georgia. This would need Russia to send additional soldiers and disintegrate Russian forces, but it would be disastrous for Georgia,” he noted.

Kadagishvili concluded by stating that while the war has been devastating for Ukraine, “no one is stopping it, nor did they stop it at the initial stage when there was an opportunity to do so.”