Sunday, February 15, 2026

PM: Our efforts ensured no Ukraine scenario here

“We did everything to prevent the scenario that occurred in Ukraine from happening in Georgia,” Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

According to the PM, Georgian society is more experienced, and with its support, the government successfully prevented significant threats to the country.

“This is an important message, a crucial warning. This is exactly what we’ve been working on for the past three years, especially the most recent three. We did everything to prevent the scenario that took place in Ukraine from happening here. It all began with Maidan in 2013, followed by the first war just days later, and then the second war. Today, our friendly nation, Ukraine, is devastated, with nearly a quarter of its population either fleeing the country or becoming internally displaced. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians have lost their lives. All of this resulted from society failing to exercise the necessary caution at that time. However, Georgian society is more experienced, and with its cooperation, we were able to avert significant threats and, above all, prevent war in our country,” said Irakli Kobakhidze.

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President of Azerbaijan: We are grateful to our Georgian friends for providing very important transit after goods reach Azerbaijan to Armenia through Georgia

“We are grateful to our Georgian friends that they provide very important transit after the goods reach Azerbaijan to Armenia through Georgia,” said President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, at the Munich Security Conference (MSC).Ilham Aliyev focused on the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) and remarked that it will be “beneficial to all countries since they will be more politically and economically integrated.”“We lifted all the restrictions on the transportation of cargo through Azerbaijan, and we are grateful to our Georgian friends that they provide very important transit after the goods reach Azerbaijan to Armenia through Georgia.We also started supplying oil products for Armenia, which is a critical product for them and thus actually started mutual trade. From the point of view of the peace deal we signed, everything depends on when Armenia’s constitution is amended in order to detect the territorial claim to Azerbaijan which existed for three decades and the next day after it is done, the peace agreement will be formally signed.In the meantime, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity (TRIPP) will also play an instrumental role in creating new connectivity links, and as I already said, the transportation route from China, Central Asia, Transcaspian, Azerbaijan, Armenia-Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Iran and further down to Europe will create an absolutely new situation. It will be beneficial to all countries. All the countries on the route will be more politically and economically integrated, and this will be another contribution to long-lasting and eternal peace between Azerbaijan and Armenia because peace can be achieved when you really have a peaceful process. Signing the document is important, its foundation, but nonetheless important is what you do after,” he said.

PM to Associate Professor: It is your responsibility to send young people to front lines of violent protests

“Specific individuals are serving prison sentences for grave crimes. We have gone through five attempts of organizing a revolution in the past years,” said Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in a live broadcast of Imedi ITV during debates on education reform.In an address to the Associate Professor and a member of the Freedom Square movement, Simon Janashia, the Prime Minister said that young people were involved in violent activities.“As for the issue of prisoners, I would like to remind everyone that specific individuals are serving prison sentences, and this was a grave crime. We have gone through five attempts of organizing a revolution for the past few years. We witnessed violent attempts involving people, and you are responsible for this. You sent these youngsters to the front line in these violent rallies, and now you sit comfortably in this chair. You bear responsibility for that,” he said.

Iranian Ambassador’s Response to Professor Giorgi Sanikidze: The Purpose of History Is Not Glorification or Justification, but Understanding — History Is Not a Verdict,...

Recalling historical dates — whether painful or joyful — serves neither to glorify nor to justify anyone; its purpose is understanding. We are not responsible for the policies, wars, and decisions of eras in which we ourselves did not live; however, we are fully responsible for how we engage with this historical experience today. The task of historiography is not to deliver moral verdicts, but to document and reconstruct human experience: how societies managed, amid forced displacement, political violence, and geopolitical confrontations, to preserve their language, collective memory, traditions, and social life. A historian who, instead of reflecting on the complexities of coexistence and cultural exchange, limits himself solely to issuing political judgments turns history into an ideological instrument. Power — whether in the 17th century or the 21st — rarely concerns itself with human fate; therefore, it depends on us, through dialogue, research, and documented narrative, to prevent the repetition of past traumas, strengthen social resilience, nurture hope, and sustain the possibility of coexistence. History does not exist to shame others, but to make us more responsible. This was written on social media by the Ambassador of Iran to Georgia, Seyed Ali Mojani.

U.S. President Donald Trump stated that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is a strong and powerful leader with a proven record of achieving phenomenal...

According to Trump, Orbán works tirelessly to defend Hungary, grow the economy, create jobs, promote trade, stop illegal immigration, and ensure law and order. The U.S. President also wished him success in the parliamentary elections and expressed hope that Orbán would win. “Hungary’s highly respected Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is truly a strong and powerful leader with a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results. He fights tirelessly, loves his great country and its people, just as I love the United States of America. Viktor works hard to defend Hungary, grow the economy, create jobs, promote trade, stop illegal immigration, and ensure law and order! Relations between Hungary and the United States have reached new heights of cooperation, and remarkable achievements during my administration were largely made possible thanks to Prime Minister Orbán. I look forward to continuing our close cooperation so that both our countries can move forward on this tremendous path toward success and partnership. I was proud to support Viktor in his re-election in 2022, and it is a great honor to do so once again. Viktor Orbán is a true friend, a fighter, and a winner, and he has my full support for re-election as Prime Minister of Hungary — he will never disappoint the great people of Hungary!” Trump wrote. For reference, Hungary’s parliamentary elections will be held on April 12.

Salome Zurabishvili on question: is she waiting for her arrest – I am not the main object of the new changes, this does not...

I thought that the main thing for us was to work so that no one would recognize the occupied territories, but it seems that their priority has changed and today it has become: “Recognize me, recognize me” - this law does not apply to Salome Zurabishvili, it applies to everyone, - the fifth President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, stated on Radio Palitra, answering the question whether she expects her arrest, if the legislative initiative comes into force to impose criminal liability on a person who does not recognize the legitimacy of constitutional bodies and publicly calls on others to do similar things."I wouldn't ask the question like that, there is no answer to that. In fact, it is not only directed at me, it is more directed at others, namely, that some political force, union should not question their legitimacy. Why are they so upset about this?! They say I am crazy... I know only a few examples of forced recognitions:First: the devil says to Christ, recognize me.Second: Islamic empires asked our saints to recognize them, to change their faith.Third: the Soviet period, when everyone was asked to the recognition. They would arrest you, they would judge you, the main thing was to sign the recognition.I thought that the main thing for us was to work so that no one would recognize the occupied territories, it seems that their priority has changed, today it has become: "Recognize me, recognize me".I am not the main object. Everyone says that the parliament and the government are legitimate. I am one person who does not change anything. They need from others, from opposition parties, from society. This law does not apply to Salome Zurabishvili, it applies to everyone. We remember the law adopted on business... Their main tool is to have as many laws as necessary so that the sword of Damocles hangs over everyone in a high-stakes position," Zurabishvili noted, adding: "I am not going anywhere, why should I go."As for other issues, Salome Zurabishvili assessed the fact that the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Maka Botchorishvili, on the one hand, and the opposition politician Giorgi Gakharia, currently living in Germany, are participating in the Munich Security Conference."This year, there was no opportunity, which I consider necessary, to appear on one of the panels. I have not heard that Botchorishvili or Gakharia are participating in any of the panels. Many people can attend. It is important where you are and how much you can use the platform there," Zurabishvili noted.

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