The weighing should have been done for President Zelenskyy's statement by which he effectively expelled Georgia's ambassador from Ukraine, a situation that remains to this day. An ambassador who stayed in bomb-shelled Kyiv to the end, even when every other country closed its embassy and abandoned Kyiv, - this is how the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, responds to the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk.

As Papuashvili notes, if the Ukrainian government weighed its every word and action toward the Georgian people each time, neither his assessment nor Stefanchuk's response would be necessary.

According to him, an attack and slander in response to friendship cannot be considered either dignity or gratitude; "friendship is mutual, and in this friendship Georgia is blameless."

"Dear Ruslan,

It is true that words should be weighed before they are spoken.

The weighing should have been done for President Zelenskyy's statement by which he effectively expelled Georgia's ambassador from Ukraine, a situation that remains to this day. An ambassador who stayed in bomb-shelled Kyiv to the end, even when every other country closed its embassy and abandoned Kyiv.

The weighing should have been done for President Zelenskyy's decision by which he recalled Ukraine's ambassador from Georgia, on the grounds that the Georgian government refused to allow state mobilization of volunteers to Ukraine and direct involvement in the war.

The weighing should have been done for President Zelenskyy's statement by which he accused the Georgian government of torturing and attempting to kill Saakashvili. Just as the weighing should have been done for his earlier decision to shelter the Georgian dictator.

The weighing should also have been done for President Zelenskyy's decision by which he declared Georgia's Prime Minister and government members persona non grata, at a time when it was precisely this government that sheltered tens of thousands of Ukrainian refugees and gave them safe haven.

The weighing should have been done for the support by various Ukrainian delegations at international forums for hostile resolutions and decisions against the Georgian people. Yet the opposite behavior would have been what you call decency - something Georgian delegations do toward Ukraine without needing reminders. I am convinced you would have reviewed who followed the standard of decency you mentioned in the UN resolution.

Finally, the weighing should have been done for the statements by representatives of the Ukrainian government by which they directly called on Georgia to get involved in the war.

Therefore, yes, if the Ukrainian government weighed its every word and action toward the Georgian people each time, neither my assessment nor your response would be necessary.

Georgia has shown exceptional solidarity toward the Ukrainian people because of the historical experience we ourselves have gone through and which has not yet ended.

It is precisely because we are still in the fight that we, too, expect from every foreign government the exact weighing of words toward Georgia that you expect. The Ukrainian government cannot be an exception here.

An attack and slander in response to friendship cannot be considered either dignity or gratitude. Friendship is mutual, and in this friendship Georgia is blameless," - writes Papuashvili.

Reminder: The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Ruslan Stefanchuk, responded in Georgian on social media to the statement by the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, in which Papuashvili said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is an ungrateful person who shows no gratitude either to the United States or to Georgia.

"I read with amazement yet another accusation from the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, about Ukraine's alleged 'ingratitude' for supporting the UN resolution. They say: a spoken word is not a dagger - you can't put it back in the sheath.

Ukrainians are a grateful nation. We respect everyone who helps us in the fight for our own freedom and the right to choose. And of course, we are grateful to the Georgian people. The people who know exactly what dignity is. The people who boldly come out onto the squares of their cities in support of Ukraine. The people who fight shoulder to shoulder with Georgian volunteer battalions against our common Russian enemy.

Against this background, support for the UN resolution concerning Ukraine's territorial integrity is truly not charity or heroism. It is the minimum level of elementary decency in 2026," - writes Stefanchuk.