Denis Gonchar, head of the fourth department of the CIS countries of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said that Russia may decide to continue direct flights with Georgia and visa liberalization for its citizens, if the necessary preconditions are met. It has been reported TASS.
“As for the perspectives of the resumption of direct flights and visa liberalization for citizens of Georgia, we do not exclude that decisions will be taken on this issue, if the necessary preconditions are created for this – the conditions in Tbilisi are well known,” said Gonchar. .
Leonid Kalashnikov, former Chairman of the State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs declarationThe resumption of direct flights between Russia and Georgia and the cancellation of the visa regime became possible.
On June 21, 2019, a temporary ban on air travel between Russia and Georgia was introduced. This decision was taken in connection with the mass rallies that started the day before in Tbilisi. The justification was that Russian deputy Sergei Gavrilov was the spokesperson of the Georgian parliament at the opening session of the General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Orthodox Assembly (IAP). This resulted in harsh criticism from dissidents who drew people to the protests.