The Georgian Parliament decided to establish contacts with the Parliament of Ukraine
The parliamentary delegation of Georgia will visit Kiev 19-21 January for talks with members of the Verkhovna Rada, according to journalist OPINION in Tbilisi. A group of MPs led by the head of Department for external relations Tedo Japaridze. Official Tbilisi begins implementation plans establish relations with the Ukrainian side, in order to prevent impact on the bilateral ties of the ex-President Mikhail Saakashvili and his team. Before it was declared about the fact that this winter will visit Kyiv, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and several Georgian Ministers. However, these contacts have the opportunity to stand under the question, if Ukraine will continue to appoint to positions of supporters of Saakashvili. Eleven January, Deputy state Minister of Georgia for Diaspora issues Alexander Bregadze said about the growth of discontent in the Ukrainian society in connection with the appointment to the posts in the government of this state people from the environment of the ex-President Mikheil Saakashvili - health Minister Alexander Kvitashvili and the first Deputy head of the Ministry of internal Affairs MCA Zguladze, which under the former Georgian authorities had held similar positions in Tbilisi. First Bregadze also criticized the prosecution of the former head of the joint staff of the military power of the Georgian General Giorgi Kalandadze in recruiting in Georgia mercenaries for war in the Ukraine on the side of Kiev. According to Bregadze, Kalandadze convinces Georgian military personnel to leave the service in the Georgian army and go to Ukraine. The Georgian authorities many times openly expressed dissatisfaction with the fact that Kiev gives refuge Saakashvili and his entourage.