PM highlights “having no war” as one thing in common between Georgian Dream party Gov’t, Donald Trump Administration
Irakli Kobakhidze
Photo: Administration of the Government of Georgia
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said the common thing between the ruling Georgian Dream party’s Government and the former American President Donald Trump’s Administration was that both of them did not have wars.
“We have one thing in common with Donald Trump. Over the last 30 years, Trump was the only President in the United States, under whose rule America did not have a war, and the Georgian Dream party is also the only Government over the last 30 years, under which Georgia did not have a war”, Kobakhidze said.
The PM also added that the parliamentary elections scheduled for October 26 would be a referendum between war and peace, between Georgia's dark past and the country's bright, European future.
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