Georgia apologizes for the war against Ossetians started by Saakashvili – ruling party

The Georgian government will find the strength to apologize for the war against the Ossetians that former Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili started in 2008, said Bidzina Ivanishvili, founder and honorary chairwoman of the country's ruling party, News.Az reports.

“Immediately after the conclusion of the elections on October 26, when the instigators of the war are convicted and all those responsible for the destruction of Georgian-Ossetian friendship receive the strongest legal response, we will certainly find the strength to apologize for the fire in which our Ossetian brothers and sisters were enveloped in 2008 by the traitorous national movement on the orders of foreign countries,” he said in a televised address at a campaign rally of the Georgian Dream – Democratic Georgia party in the city of Gori.

Ivanishvili is convinced that forgiveness, which is “a cornerstone of Christianity for Georgians and Ossetians,” will help end the confrontation imposed by Georgia's enemies. The conflict “will end in a historic mutual forgiveness and reconciliation,” he said.

The politician reiterated that the ruling party would need a constitutional majority in the new parliament in order to be able to put Saakashvili's party on trial for unleashing the war in 2008.

News.Az