[Congressional Record Volume 168, Number 70 (Thursday, April 28, 2022)]
[House]
[Pages H4583-H4584]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               WELCOMING GEORGIAN PRESIDENT ZOURABICHVILI

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Washington 
welcomed President Salome Zourabichvili, of the Republic of Georgia, 
who had come to attend the funeral of former Secretary of State 
Madeleine Albright.
  During an interview with The Washington Post, President Zourabichvili 
explained that, along with Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova were the two 
countries closest to Russia wanting to join NATO and the European 
Union, but not protected by either. ``Georgia should not be forgotten'' 
and if so, they might be a temptation for the Russian leadership.
  President Zourabichvili reviewed that Georgia also had a history of 
war with Russia, most recently in 2008, as well as 1991, shortly after 
declaring independence.
  It is reassuring, the President said, the Georgian population is 100 
percent united in solidarity with the people of Ukraine. Americans are 
also united for the independence of Georgia, Moldova, led by President 
Maia Sandu, and Ukraine.

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  America supports the sovereignty of Georgia and will stand with 
President Zourabichvili for the freedom of Georgia.
  God bless Ukraine. God save Ukraine. Long live President Volodymyr 
Zelenskyy.

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