Georgian PM Calls on Zelenskyy to Stop Interfering in Their Affairs

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili accused Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of meddling in his country's political issues.

During the protests against a "foreign agents" law in Georgia, Zelenskyy thanked protesters for waving Ukrainian flags and he wished Georgians "democratic success".

"When a person who is at war... responds to the destructive action of several thousand people here in Georgia, this is direct evidence that this person is involved, motivated to make something happen here too, to change," Garibashvili said in an interview with the Georgian IMEDI television broadcast on Sunday, referring to the Ukrainian leader.

"I want to wish everyone a timely end to this war, and peace," Garibashvili added.

Meanwhile, Ukraine's foreign ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko accused Garibashvili of repeating "Russian propaganda" by suggesting that Kyiv sought to draw Georgia into its conflict with Moscow.

"We categorically reject such claims, which have nothing to do with reality. The Georgian authorities are looking for an enemy in the wrong place," Nikolenko said on Facebook on Monday.

"Ukraine has been and will remain a friend of the Georgian people, whom we do not wish to stop (in their task of) building a European future."