Kaladze Calls Information On the Smuggling of Weapons ‘Sheer Lie’
By The Messenger Staff
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze calls the information provided by the Ukrainian Intelligence Service about the smuggling of weapons a ‘sheer lie’ and says it is a deliberate provocation Kaladze writes about it on Twitter.
“Today, a blatant lie has been spread as if Georgia and Russia are secretly negotiating smuggling into Russia via Georgia. It is a deliberate provocation aimed at casting a shadow over Georgian-Ukrainian relations. Those behind it have bad intentions towards two friendly countries," he wrote.
According to the intelligence service of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Russia is establishing a smuggling route through the territory of Georgia.
The statement of the Intelligence Service reads:
"Due to the imposition of international sanctions, the Russian Federation has lost the ability to supply the military, dual-use and civilian goods.
In order to circumvent the sanctions, Russian agents are setting up smuggling routes that pass through the territory of Georgia.
At the same time, the representatives of the Georgian intelligence services received a directive from the political leadership not to hinder the activities of smugglers.”
The Ministry of Finance of Georgia responded to the information and said that it was “a completely unfounded and absurd accusation.”
