According to the Prime Minister, they will sell the "luxury helicopter" that the previous government bought for the former President and buy three new helicopters instead

The Government of Georgia will buy three new helicopters. Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili made the announcement at the beginning of the Government session.

As Gharibashvili stated, according to the decision of the Government, they will sell one expensive helicopter purchased during the previous government, which, according to him, was purchased for "luxuries".

"The Gomelauri agency is now actively working on the purchase of three new helicopters. Although all the helicopters are absolutely perfect, in good condition, we pay a lot of attention to them, we had a discussion about it. As you know, the state has one expensive, luxury helicopter, which was purchased by the previous government for the former President, and several tens of dollars or euros were paid for this helicopter. Our decision was that no one used this helicopter. I must emphasize here that despite the speculation that this helicopter is used in rescue operations, it is a lie. We had a discussion and made a decision that we will return this helicopter to its manufacturing factory, that is, we will sell it, and instead we will buy three new helicopters, which will be useful for various rescue and other operations. Active negotiations are now underway and the Ministry of Finance is also involved in this process," Gharibashvili said.