“Nothing new under the sun”: Georgian Parliament Speaker on West's potential Russia shift

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday took to social media to comment on a recent statement by the NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte regarding the normalisation of relations between the West and Russia following the end of the ongoing war in Ukraine.

In his remarks, Papuashvili emphasised that Georgia had long understood not only how such conflicts begin, but also how they conclude.

“We knew not only how such wars start, but also how they end. We also knew when the red carpets are rolled out and when they are rolled back”, the Speaker said.

He further added a quote from Ecclesiastes 1:9 - “What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be done, and there is nothing new under the sun” - this biblical reference suggests a cyclical nature to these events and a sense of skepticism regarding lasting change.