Georgia would like to have had “concrete help on the ground,” rather than just statements of support from the international community, President Saakashvili said on August 20.
Speaking at a meeting with lawmakers from the ruling party, Saakashvili said that “Russian occupiers” had failed to achieve their goals and to ruin the Georgian state.
“I am proud of my people and the entire world is proud of Georgians; this is not an exaggeration; just take a look at foreign TV networks and you will see what kind of statements are being made,” he said. “We would like to have had a concrete help on the ground, rather than just statements.”
“Despite of my numerous warnings – I did not want to look like being in panic, but I have told to almost every world leader, that that [the Russian invasion] could happen – the world believed in it only after it had actually happened.”
“What is now happening in Georgia is a struggle between the civilization and non-civilization; struggle between medieval centuries and the 21st century and we are on the forefront of this struggle. But I am sure that now it is clear for everyone that Georgia should not be left alone and everyone understood – although painfully – that the Europe’s future is now determined here.”
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