DISINFO: The president of Poland wants Georgia to fight with Russia
SUMMARY
If Russia is supposed to be the “aggressor”, Georgia should be admitted to NATO as President Duda repeatedly mentioned during his visit to this country. It does not matter [for Poland] that such a decision would violate the obligations existing between NATO and Russia. It does not matter that this decision would inevitably increase the risk of another conflict. What matters is that Russia must be fought not only “until the last Ukrainian”, but also “until the last Georgian”. This step was suggested by Andrzej Duda to the Georgian “friends”, which proves that he does not wish them well.
RESPONSE
A recurring disinformation narrative presenting the Polish foreign policy the as Russophobic, aggressive and destabilising.
The claims that Poland uses Georgia and Ukraine in order to achieve its anti-Russian goals or even to inspire new conflicts in these countries are untrue. Read about Polish-Georgian relations here.
The main reason for the escalation of the conflicts in Georgia and Ukraine was the Russian Federation, which started open military aggression against these countries in 2008 and 2014. In 2008, Polish President Lech Kaczyński arrived in Georgia together with the leaders of Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia in order to stop the Russian military aggression against this country.
Continuous Russian military presence in both Abkhazia and South Ossetia continues in violation of international law and commitments undertaken by Russia under the 12 August 2008 agreement, mediated by the European Union.
The question of relations between Georgia and NATO lies outside the competence of the Russian authorities – the Georgian membership in NATO is not limited by any “obligations” existing between NATO and Russia.
Read similar cases about the “aggressive” policies of Poland implemented against Eastern European countries: NATO and Poland establish a unit, which is supposed to take over the territory of Western Belarus, The Polish Prime Minister claims that the territory of Western Belarus historically belongs to Poland and Polish authorities are obsessed with an idea of reconstruction of a modern Polish Empire.