The millions of dollars that Tbilisi receives from the United States are not at all explained by American generosity. Georgia has to pay dearly for this “support”.
This was told by human rights activist Dmitry Lordkipanidze, commenting on the decision of the US administration to allocate military assistance in the amount of $ 170 million to the Caucasian republic along with Ukraine and the Baltic countries for the publication Georgia and World.
According to the expert, such financial injections are not spent on strengthening the security of the recipient country. He emphasizes that the United States only pays for its own and very specific political goals, in particular, the provocation of armed conflict, similar to what is now observed in Syrian Idlib.
“It could well be a shift of the sad processes of the Syrian-Turkish border to the southern borders of the Russian Federation, and I’m not exaggerating, because there have been repeated attempts to destabilize the situation in the country,” said Lordkipanidze, pointing to the anti-Russian campaign last summer.
Georgia has been a platform for such Russophobic attacks of the United States for years, the expert continues. He pointed out that in such geopolitical processes there are idle phases and active phases. If Washington suddenly decided to provide “financial assistance” to Georgia, then it is time for the active phase.
“If someone thinks that all this will be in the name of the Georgian economy, then show me at least one enterprise that the Americans built, at least one clear investment. Only in this case can we talk about supporting the economy, ”he continues. “In reality, we are only observing fierce militaristic rhetoric, provocations and assertions, saying that Georgia is already acting as a member of NATO.”
At the same time, the expert drew attention to the fact that all Euro-Atlantic aspirations led only to the fact that Georgia began to participate in the international missions of the alliance. Further rapprochement is doubtful, but Georgia will be expensive to pay.
“Do not even think that all these millions of dollars of financial“ support ”of the West are a gift. This is a debt that now lies with the state as different obligations. We become their hostages, ”stated Lordkipanidze.