Salome Zurabishvili"s brother responded to the statements on August 2008 war made by the independent and supported by the ruling party presidential candidate.

Otar Zurabishvili publishes the assessment of the President of the Georgian Diaspora in France and writes:

"Yes! Russia launched Georgia-Russia war on August 7, 2008. Yes! Russia is continuing today with the militarization and provocations on the occupied territories. Yes! Russia is an enemy of Georgia. The diplomatic path is undoubtedly is the way out, but the strategy can be built based on this objective reality and not by its negation. If we close eyes to real facts, then Russian policy will not change, "- says the statement