UNdunankulu wase Georgia, UGiorgi Gakharia, ukwamukele ukuthuthuka okungenzeka kubudlelwano no Russia, okungukuthi ukuqala kabusha kwezindiza eziqonde ngqo phakathi kwala mazwe womabili, kwaziswa abezindaba zikahulumeni waseGeorgia ngoLwesibili.

"Ngiyazamukela izinguquko ezinhle ezingaholela ekwenzeni ngcono, okungukuthi, ukuqala kabusha kwezindiza," kuphawula uGakharia.

Ngokusho kukaNdunankulu waseGeorgia, ukuqaliswa kabusha kwezindiza eziqonde ngqo eRussia ngeke kusizuzise “ezokuvakasha kuphela, kodwa nezinkulungwane zabantu baseGeorgia ababhekene nezinkinga zokuhamba.” UGakharia ugcizelele ukuthi umnotho wezwe kumele ubhekane nemicimbi enjalo ngokuzayo futhi ukwazi ukubhekana nobungozi obungahle bube khona.

Ngesonto eledlule, uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphandle waseRussia uSergey Lavrov uthe ukuqala kabusha kwezindiza eziqonde ngqo phakathi kweRussia neGeorgia kungaba yisinqumo esifanele.

NgoJuni 20, 2019, ababhikishi abayizinkulungwane eziningana bahlangana eduze nephalamende likazwelonke edolobheni iTbilisi, befuna ukuba uNgqongqoshe Wezangaphakathi kanye noSomlomo wePhalamende bashiye phansi. Le mibhikisho isuswe wukuxokozela mayelana nokubamba iqhaza kwethimba laseRussia engqungqutheleni yama-26 yoMkhandlu Wephalamende Wezobulungiswa Wezenkolo (i-IAO). NgoJuni 20, uMongameli we-IAO uSergei Gavrilov wavula iseshini ephalamende laseGeorgia. Izishayamthetho eziphikisayo zicasulwe wukuthi uGavrilov ukhulume nabahlanganyeli balo mcimbi esihlalweni sikasomlomo ephalamende. Ngokubhikisha, abavumanga ukuthi iseshini ye-IAO iqhubeke. Ngemuva kwesiyaluyalu eTbilisi, uMongameli waseGeorgia uSalome Zurabishvili wabiza iRussia njengesitha nomhlali ekhasini lakhe kuFacebook, kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi wathi akukho okusongela izivakashi zaseRussia ezweni.

UMongameli waseRussia uVladimir Putin usayine isimemezelo, esabeka ukuvalwa okwesikhashana ezindizeni zabagibeli eziya eGeorgia kusukela ngoJulayi 8. NgoJuni 22, uMnyango Wezokuthutha waseRussia wamemezela ukuthi kusukela ngoJulayi 8, izindiza zezindiza zaseGeorgia eziya eRussia zimisiwe.

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Shortly after the turmoil in Tbilisi, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili branded Russia an enemy and an occupier on her Facebook page, but later on said that nothing threatened Russian tourists in the country.
The protests were sparked by an uproar over the Russian delegation's participation in the 26th session of the Inter-parliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy (IAO).
On June 20, 2019, several thousand protesters amassed near the national parliament in downtown Tbilisi, demanding the resignation of the interior minister and the parliament's speaker.