Mikheil Kavelashvili - We have exposed this state, Russia, that it is the one carrying out the occupation, that it committed a crime against us – can you now hear what I said? You said that I cannot say it, - President Mikheil Kavelashvili told journalists while talking about the August 2008 war.
According to him, everyone knows that 2 of our territories are occupied by the Russian Federation and they committed a war crime.
"We have exposed this state, Russia, as the one carrying out the occupation, it has committed a crime against us. Everyone knows that 2 of our territories are occupied by the Russian Federation, they committed war crimes. Moral and legal Georgia is right with this state. What do they [the opposition] focus on? Do you know how to raise the issue? We are supposedly talking about the interests of Russia and the Russian people. No! We have our responsibility. In the August days, these guys committed heroism, we had a government then that had a responsibility before the state and the people. Based on this responsibility, they committed a reckless act, a crime before their own people. In order for these issues not to be voiced and for the people not to understand the truth, they introduce this topic, "Did Russia start the war, or did Georgia". This is a disaster! They do not want the Georgian people to know the full truth about what the then government did. [They say] that "they are insulting Georgia", "they are blaming Georgia for starting the war" and so on, so that we do not understand the details"…
Today, there is a government that carries the national interest, which will not allow anyone to act here under any pretext! It will act in the interests of the Georgian people”, - Kavelashvili noted.
