Georgia's ruling party will thrive until 2024 polls

Significance

Lavrov's positive comments highlight the Georgian Dream party's equivocal stance on the Ukraine war. The party has emerged relatively unscathed from a year of domestic and international concerns about its approach to the war and its fraught relationship with the EU.

Impacts

• Relations with Ukraine will remain tense as the two countries accuse each another of undermining formerly good ties.
• The government will push ahead with the Anaklia port project to bring in investment and improve regional connectivity.
• Georgia will try to mediate between Armenia and Azerbaijan to assist a peace settlement.