Georgian Parliament Speaker slams US “Megobari Act” as “Act of Ingratitude”

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday criticised a document currently reviewed by the United States Congress, referring to it as an “Act of ingratitude” rather than a “friendship Act”, in reference to the the Megobari Act, a bipartisan bill that envisages sanctions against the Georgian Dream Government officials.

In his remarks, Papuashvili noted that the Georgian people and the Government of the Georgian Dream party was standing by the United States when the Baltic states were hiding in their own countries, further adding that the adoption of this kind of document would be an expression of ingratitude toward the Georgian people.

“The Georgian people, Georgia and the current Government of Georgia stood by the American people when most of the NATO member states either hid in their own countries - I mean the Afghan mission - or went to Afghanistan and hid in their headquarters. So, when we stood by [the US] at that time, we were the fourth largest among all countries with our contingent, including among NATO member states, after the US, Germany and Italy”, the Parliament Speaker said.

“While recently, the authorities of the Baltic states have become very brave and bold, pushing for war, despite having only 40 people represented in Afghanistan. Therefore, when after all this, we see that a draft document has been initiated with the goal of harming the Georgian people, this is certainly nothing but ingratitude”, he concluded.