The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament has shared a banner on social media highlighting the growth in budget revenues.

“We must remember that if we had followed the reckless advice of certain foreign politicians and diplomats to impose sanctions, none of these achievements would exist today.

We wouldn’t have seen the increase in budget revenues, we wouldn’t be Europe’s fastest-growing economy, we wouldn’t have managed to cut unemployment in half, and we wouldn’t have tripled the average salary.

Instead, we would have had a satisfied opposition but would be mired in a deep economic crisis that would have taken years to recover from”, - writes Shalva Papuashvili.