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Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, MP Mamuka Mdinaradze claimed today that “representatives of Georgian opposition, the party of war, holding various posts in the Ukrainian Government and their colleagues are waging an open, unhidden hybrid war” against Georgia.

The senior GD official held a press briefing in response to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Intelligence’s accusation on April 4 that Georgia allows Russia to set up a smuggling channel through its territory, and FM Dmytro Kuleba’s subsequent comments that Kyiv awaits “evidence and convincing arguments” that Tbilisi is not aiding Moscow.

Alluding to the Defense Ministry Intelligence’s claim, MP Mdinaradze said “we have heard another, this time completely unheard-of statement, which is insulting to our country as well as each and every Georgian citizen.”

Continuing on about FM Kuleba’s remarks, the GD leader claimed the initial claim was compounded by “a demand on part of the Ukrainian Government about something that does not exist in nature and absurd, [and] no one has even thought of such filth on our part.”