Georgian Defence Minister on BBC: 'We will die as heroes'
19 September, 2015
Asked about whether Georgia and Russia are moving towards a repeat of the war in 2008
Defence Minister, Tinatin Khidasheli, tells HARDtalk: "If the world shows weakness on Georgia the same way as towards Ukraine, if the world fails the expansion of freedom… if Nato says this is where freedom ends after that we don’t care – then yes it’s going to happen." She adds if this happens before the country can join NATO: "We will die as heroes, that’s all we can do about it".
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The 8th March agreement concerned not only the change in the electoral system but justice and the impermissibility of political partiality in electoral processes, - stated the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, Carl Hartzell during his video broadcast.
The President of the United States of America Donald Trump sent a letter of congratulations to the Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia on Independence Day.
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