"No one should try to make the situation in the village of Buknari tenser," said Gia Volski, the First Deputy Chairperson of the Parliament of Georgia.
According to him, there has never been a confrontation on religious and ethnic grounds in the country, and anyone who opposes these principles, no matter which side they are from, sins against the country and tradition.
"There are also signs of provocation, and this should be considered in the context of security. All this contradicts the wonderful traditions that Georgia has followed for centuries. There has never been a confrontation on religious and ethnic grounds in the country. It is what the Georgian Church, Orthodoxy, tradition, and the Patriarch teach us," Volski said.
A traditional Friday prayer took place in a Muslim chapel in the village of Buknari.