Georgia Issues Visas for Russian Servicemen
The Georgian Foreign Ministry began issuing visas to Russian soldiers serving in Georgia, Foreign Minister Gela Bezhuashvili told reporters on February 22.
“There are over 1500 servicemen and members of their families [who need visas]… We launched this process [of issuing visas] yesterday [on February 21]… The issuing of visas for Russian servicemen is being carried out without any delays,” Bezhuashvili said.
“We have already settled the existing problems… and now we expect a similar action from the Russian side,” he added.
On February 21 the Consular department of the Russian Embassy in Georgia stopped issuing visas to Georgian citizens, citing the “creation of artificial problems” in issuing visas to the Russian servicemen by the Georgian side.
