Tea cultural route for Abkhazia
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Development of a Tea Cultural Route in Abkhazia
The tea industry was one of the main sectors of Soviet Georgia, including the Abkhaz region, and today I think that the Tea Cultural Route, which includes all Georgian tea regions and tells us the history of the development of tea culture in Georgia, will allow us to further deepen new economic and partnership relations with the people living in Abkhazia.
Based on various historical facts, such as the story of Willy Brandt and Egon Barr, which is narrated in the book “This is what you must follow”, we can draw interesting parallels between Germany and Georgia. Their formula “changes through rapprochement” and the policy of “small steps”, which ended with the unification of Germany, really deserve the attention of our society.
Also interesting is the example of one of the symbols of freedom, Coca-Cola, which magically connected Indians and Pakistanis. Countries that have been at odds for decades Coca-Cola installed sensitive devices that directly showed what was happening on a device located in the other country, and people who came close could connect with those behind the screen with a touch of a hand.
It is noteworthy that Mr. Irakli Gharibashvili said at the Davos Economic Forum that during the Soviet period and the Cold War there was a famous saying - "Trust, but verify." In Davos, I heard an interesting formula - "Don't trust, but cooperate," which at that time referred to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, although it also clearly spoke about the need to develop economic and friendly relations with Abkhazia.
In addition to the above, it is worth noting the words of Abraham Lincoln - "This woman won the war without a fight", which he said after reading Harriet Beecher Stowe's masterpiece, "Uncle Thomas' Cabin", which is a good example of how to change what is unacceptable to you without any bloodshed and confrontation.
Also, as Alibaba founder Jack Ma said, "It is very easy to start a war, but it is difficult, and sometimes almost impossible to stop it. I believe in one thing, when trade stops, war begins. Trade is what people start communicating about, changing cultures and appreciating each other more."
Ms. Salome Zurabishvili's interview was very telling, where she stated that - I am everywhere where I am needed, it is the duty of the president to promote the development of Georgian culture, sports and business abroad.
Also very interesting and important is the role and influence of tea on world politics and history, of which the first to be noted is the “Boston Tea Party” on December 16, 1773, which was a political protest when Americans threw 342 chests of tea into the harbor, which showed that Americans would not accept tyranny, and rallied American patriots to fight for independence.
In our case, one of the decisive moments of the Rose Revolution of 2003 was when the future president Mikheil Saakashvili drank the tea that the previous president had left in our parliament, which accelerated the development of our country and European integration.
As the former German Foreign Minister Bülow would say, “We do not want to be in anyone’s shadow, but we demand our place under the sun,” and in the words of Leo Tolstoy, let those who preach war fight at the forefront, especially in the advanced legions!
We are firmly committed to the values and principles of the Council of Europe’s Cultural Routes program and plan to initiate the EU Tea Cultural Route for its certification in order to actively engage in this program and create new opportunities together with our partners.
We strongly believe that the Tea Cultural Route will contribute to the development of cultural and economic ties with Abkhazia, and if it is resolved for tourists to visit the occupied territory of Abkhazia via Georgia, I think they will provide the people living in Abkhazia with a lot of interesting information about the “country painted with tea” and the people living there.
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