Shalva Papuashvili: “They have ultimately crossed the red lines set by the Georgian people.”

The last sentence of [the EU’s statement] is mockery, claiming that this is freedom of expression and that they take care to protect Georgian cultural heritage.

It is hypocrisy when, on the one hand, the European Parliament condemns the violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, while on the other hand it attempts to decide the question of the legitimacy of Georgia’s government instead of the Georgian…

It is shameful that they have such a narrow political goal, to somehow bring Natsebi [opposition United National Movement party] into power, and are ready to sow resentment within society and introduce radicalism… I am disappointed by…

We are still waiting for this dialogue to be restored. It is important that member states also work with EU institutions and convince them that the answers lie not in confrontation and conflict, but always in dialogue.