“I think today we all woke up to a completely new reality. We heard Mr. Kobakhidze’s (Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze - Ed.) statement that Georgia is not interested in integrating into the EU over the next 4 years. Of course, this is extremely sad.” , - said the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia Pavel Gerchinsky, commenting on the statement of the head of the new government of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, made the day before at briefing at the central office of the Georgian Dream in Tbilisi.
Gerchinsky's words were quoted by Georgian and international media on Friday, November 29. "I was proud that the European Union opened its doors to Georgia, we granted Georgia the status of an EU candidate country, and what happened yesterday clearly contradicts the policy of the previous Georgian government , all previous governments of Georgia, also contradicts the wishes of the vast majority of the population of Georgia,” the EU ambassador said. At the same time, he emphasized that Georgia is an independent, sovereign country “and it is up to Georgia to decide whether it wants to follow the path of European integration.”
