Tusk: Collapse of Soviet Union was a ‘blessing’

President of the European Council Donald Tusk, who is in Tbilisi to attend a conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership, took to Twitter to call the collapse of the Soviet Union a ‘blessing’.

“The collapse of the Soviet Union was NOT the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. Today in Georgia I want to say loud and clear: the USSR collapse was a blessing to Georgians, Poles, Ukrainians and the whole of Central and Eastern Europe. And also to Russians,” he tweeted.

Tusk has already visited Armenia and Azerbaijan as part of a regional visit. 

The collapse of the Soviet Union was NOT the greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the century. Today in Georgia I want to say loud and clear: the USSR collapse was a blessing to Georgians, Poles, Ukrainians and the whole of Central and Eastern Europe. And also to Russians.

— Donald Tusk (@eucopresident) July 11, 2019