Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 30Georgia is not raising the issue of expanding US military assistance, but is asking for more political support amid events in Ukraine, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili told Hill. While in Washington , she made it clear that she sees no reason to fear military action from Russia, which is conducting an operation in Ukraine, but did not rule out «playing on the nerves.» «Therefore, our Western partners, for their part, should not forget about Georgia,» Hill quotes her . «Today we are not talking about expanding military assistance … but about showing more political support for Georgia and Moldova,» Zurabishvili said. She said that she would like to see more mention of Georgia in the statements of the American authorities, believing that it would be » an important signal to Moscow.” The Georgian president confirmed that Tbilisi does not intend to abandon its Euro-Atlantic aspirations. «It's not up to us to decide, but I can say that we want security guarantees. As a small country living next door to Russia, which occupies two of our territories, we cannot say no to security guarantees,» she said, referring to South Ossetia and Abkhazia, whose independence is recognized by the Russian Federation. Moscow recognized the independence of South Ossetia, and with it another former Georgian autonomy, Abkhazia, on August 26, 2008. Earlier that month, Russia came to the defense of South Ossetia from the Georgian army, which sought to return it to Tbilisi's rule. Since then, the Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the recognition of both republics reflects the prevailing realities and is not subject to revision. to the European Union
