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Monday, January 9, 2023
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25 high power generators sent from Georgia are in Kyiv

According to the information of the Ministry of Economy, 25 units of high-power generators bought by the Government of Georgia for Ukraine were brought to Kyiv. The press service of the ministry released the information.

"The generators are part of the aid that the Government of Georgia provides to support the Ukrainian people... The company "Georgian State Electric System", which is part of the system of the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, purchased industrial generators for Ukraine with a total value of 1.5 million GEL, with the help of which hospitals, catering facilities and other critical purpose facilities will work in an emergency mode," it is noted in the information.

Generators were sent from Georgia to Ukraine at the end of December. According to the information released by the Ministry of Economy of Georgia, the generators brought to Kyiv were distributed to different regions of Ukraine according to need.



President Zourabichvili is less likely to pardon Saakashvili, Shalva Papuashvili says

According to the chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, he does not expect that the President of Georgia, Salome Zourabichvili, will pardon the third president, Mikheil Saakashvili.

According to the Speaker of the Parliament, he knows Zourabichvili's position on this matter and does not see any reason to change his position.

As Papuashvili mentioned, everyone who is now trying to free Mikheil Saakashvili from prison in any way is trying to hinder the execution of justice in Girgvliani's case.

"I have no expectation of this [Saakashvili's pardon by Zourabichvili], because I know her position, which she has voiced many times, and I don't see any reason to change that position. She herself was, as she noted, a participant of the protest that was related to the Girgvliani case, and today the enforcement of justice is going to Girgvliani's case. Everyone who is now trying to free Mikheil Saakashvili from prison is trying to prevent justice in this case. As for [Saakashvili's] diagnosis, neither I, nor the president, nor anyone can decide that. This is the competence of the doctors and the court to discuss this matter, and you know that the court is going to discuss it and there will be an appropriate decision," Shalva Papuashvili said.

In addition, when asked by the journalist if the government intends to release the director of the Mtavari channel Nika Gvaramia and the third president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili, Shalva Papuashvili responded by saying that "no one can interfere in the justice process."