Our goal in relation to the Russian Federation is the peaceful resolution of the conflict. This is our political statement and we hope that, as a result of political changes, all this will become possible, - this is how Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze responds to the statement of the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Mikhail Galuzin, where Galuzin says that "Russia and Georgia are each other's natural partners".

According to him, the peaceful resolution of the conflict is one of the foreign priorities.

“You know that we do not have diplomatic relations for obvious reasons, until the so-called recognition is a fait accompli on the part of the Russian Federation, diplomatic relations cannot be restored.

Our goal in relation to the Russian Federation is the peaceful resolution of the conflict. This is our political statement and we hope that, as a result of political changes, all this will become possible. The peaceful resolution of the conflict is one of our foreign priorities,” Kobakhidze said.

When asked what Galuzin’s statement means, the Prime Minister answers: “I don’t know, go and ask.”

“Representatives of your party had no difficulty in visiting Moscow until 2022. Yes, I mean your party,” Irakli Kobakhidze answered the journalist.

For information, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin stated that “Russia and Georgia are natural partners.” He said that "unprecedented external pressure" and "ultimatums" on Tbilisi to abandon cooperation with Moscow had not yielded the results the West had hoped for.

He also explained that relations between Russia and Georgia are "based on centuries-old historical and cultural ties."