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Kremlin says too early to speak about resuming flights to Georgia

10 July 2019 14:00 (UTC +04:00)

It’s early now to speak about resuming flights to Georgia, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday, noting that the situation would be monitored, APA reports citing TASS.

"The restrictions on flights, the flight ban is an absolutely forced measure, and consequently, the situation will be constantly monitored. As soon as the signs emerge that the situation has normalized for Russian tourists after such Russophobic manifestations, time will come for analyzing this and taking other decisions. Now it is early to speak about this," Peskov said.

The Kremlin spokesman stressed that the resumption of flights to Georgia cannot be ruled out. "Certainly, we hope that sooner or later this will happen," Peskov said, noting however that given that emotions are running high in the Georgian society and the anti-Russian and Russophobic sentiment, having a large number of Russian tourists in Georgia poses a great risk.

According to Peskov, it is logical that the current anti-Russian sentiment in Georgia has caused a public outcry. "Hideous Russophobic outbursts inevitably trigger a large-scale public reaction," he noted.