We are grateful for all the steps taken by the Government of Georgia to prevent the circumvention of sanctions, Kumar Iyer, the Director General for Economics, Science and Technology at the United Kingdom Foreign Office, said at a press conference held at the British Embassy.

"I will start by saying that the British Foreign Minister was in Georgia a few months ago and during this visit he once again confirmed the partnership that Great Britain has with Georgia and the Georgian people... and in this regard we are grateful for all the steps taken by the Georgian government to prevent the circumvention of sanctions. The second goal is that we see and we know that the Russian government will not stop, it will continue to look for different ways. So, one of the goals of this visit is how to continue this effort to prevent munitions from reaching Russia.

Ambassador O'Brien talked about the importance of sanctions, and I want to say a few words about the impact it has on Russia. First of all, it affects the battlefield. We know that many Russian weapons are dependent on Western parts, parts that were sanctioned by us. We know from battlefield reviews and reports that they can no longer get these parts from the West, they are using lower quality parts, and their weapons are becoming less effective.

We've been very open and public about the components we're most concerned about, which are on our website. These are the same 38 commodities that the UK, the US and the EU are focusing on, and we're all focusing on the same thing," Iyer said.

*The quotes in the article have been double-translated from Georgian and wordings may be inaccurate.