We have the only trajectory - this is the trajectory of peace and prosperity of the country, if someone does not like this trajectory, they should tell us! - Shalva Papuashvili

We have the only trajectory - this is the trajectory of peace and prosperity of our country, if someone does not like this trajectory, they should tell us! - Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili told journalists, thus responding to criticism about the trajectory of the Georgian government, including the statement of Anthony Blinken's advisor Tom Sullivan. This path has proven to lead to escalation, economic disaster and war. Their advice is their advice, our trajectory is the trajectory of peace," Shalva Papuashvili said. According to him, it is irresponsible when you advise a country to escalate with the state that has occupied its territories. "When we talk about sanctions, it is an escalation with another country - when one The country tells the other that it is going to escalate. When we are called to escalate with sanctions, sending fighters, supplying weapons, closing the skies, that would certainly send us into a spiral of escalation. In the spiral of escalation, no one has the ability to manage it. The fact is that the past has taught us that at the end of this escalation there will be guaranteed economic collapse. It has been calculated and there would be an 18% economic decline if we joined the sanctions against Russia; In all likelihood, there would also be a direct military confrontation with Russia. We have been telling everyone behind closed doors that it is irresponsible to ask a country whose territories are occupied by Russia and where the regular Russian army is stationed 500 meters from the main highway to escalate. That's why we acted not on the advice and interests of others, but on the interests of the Georgian people. Let's trust the Georgian people and don't trust anyone else", said Shalva Papuashvili.