“Russian citizens have always come to Georgia.
They will come now.
Why is it necessary to restrict their entry right now?”
- TASS quotes him.
The Minister recalled how ex-President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili met visitors in 2011 and gave them a bottle of wine, inviting them to the country.
Earlier, Mamulashvili, a member of the Georgian Parliament, said that from September 26, Georgia could close the borders for Russians of draft age.
Subsequently, crossing the border with Georgia on foot was allowed at the Upper Lars checkpoint in North Ossetia.
The Russian Consulate General in Trabzon reported that some Russians were being denied access to Georgian territory on the border with Turkey without explanation.