საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

The United Kingdom is deeply concerned by the pre-trial detention of Georgian opposition leader Zurab Japaridze, the British Embassy in Georgia said in a statement.

Their behavior on May 26 will be determined by the signals given by donors and foreigners. If there is any provocation or violence, like we saw on April 9, the responsibility will lie entirely with donors and some ambassadors who are supporting the perpetrators and engaging in backstage conversations, - the Speaker of Parliament Shalva Papuashvili, said in connection with the planned rally on May 26.

According to the leader of the United National Movement, Tina Bokuchava, during a meeting with the EU Ambassador to Georgia, they discussed the arrest and repression of one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, Zurab Japaridze.

I am watching to see how many working meetings the diplomats will have, especially now, after the opposition and NGOs announced violence on May 26 - we see that some NGOs and political groups are directly announcing provocations and violence.

Salome Zurabishvili is at the US Embassy - we do not know what issues are being discussed, but we are sure that the embassy will make a relevant statement - as for the EU Ambassador, Herczynski has turned into the political leader of the National Movement, - the First Vice-Speaker of the Parliament, Gia Volski, stated, responding to the information spread in the media that the 5th President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, is at the US Embassy.

Zurab Abashidze has been appointed as the Chairman of the Tbilisi City Council. The vote was held at the City Council session today. Zurab Abashidze was supported by 26 members of the City Council.

Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs Aleksandre Darakhvelidze calls the fact that Simon Vanderbroek, an employee of the European Union Delegation, was not allowed into Georgia a “technical error.”

The Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to the fact that Simon Vanderbroek, a member of the European Union delegation, was denied entry into the country.

We have never been opponents of the Georgian people. We are in favor of both Ossetians and Abkhazians living peacefully with Georgians, how they will understand this is their business, - this is how the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, addressed Nikolai Rogashchuk, who was appointed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to Georgia.

Japara and Melia are being summoned to the commission on the activities of the previous government, while at the same time, some of the super-influential politicians of the previous government are not mentioned by the commission, we see this and we know what this is called, - writes Nika Gvaramia, one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change.

The European Union Delegation to Georgia confirms that Simon Vanderbroek, a member of the EU Delegation who has been working in Georgia since September 2024, has been denied entry into the country.

Ivanishvili’s “Russian dreamers” who daily encroach on the independence, sovereignty and statehood of our country, should not be on Rustaveli Avenue, especially on such an important day for our country as May 26 and April 9, - this is how Tina Bokuchava, the leader of the Unity National Movement coalition, answered a question regarding the Independence Day.

The radicals want to stage a spectacle and once again give their patrons a reason to talk about completely unjust and out-of-context topics, as if someone is persecuted in Georgia - this is a completely conscious decision on their part, - the chairman of the parliamentary committee on procedural issues and rules, Davit Matikashvili, said in response to a question regarding the arrest of opposition politician Zurab Girchi Japaridze.

Calling the government elected by the people “illegitimate” is, along with disinformation, a denial of democratic institutions, and the goal of not recognizing democracy is to create an ideological base for extremism, - the Speaker of the Parliament Shalva Papuashvili writes on the social network.

Since all state institutions in Georgia are controlled by the Georgian Dream regime, we call on international organizations to express a strict assessment of the political persecution of opposition politicians, former politicians, representatives of non-governmental organizations, journalists and representatives of other professions - in addition, we call on the OSCE/ODIHR to promptly begin monitoring the criminal trials of political prisoners in accordance with the appeal of the President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, - reads the statement of some non-governmental organizations.

If anyone ever asks years later when a dictatorship was established in Georgia, you can confidently answer that it was established on May 22, 2025, - Tina Khidasheli, founder of the organization Civil Idea, stated at the general briefing of non-governmental organizations.

According to the Public Defender, two persons detained on administrative charges in the vicinity of the Tbilisi City Court on May 22 point to alleged use of excessive force and ill-treatment by the police.

The anti-American Georgian Dream regime has wrongly arrested key opposition figure Zurab Japaridze and is creating a precedent to jail all opposition, - Congressman Joe Wilson (Republican Party) writes on his X page.

Zurab Girchi Japaridze has been added to the existing prisoners of conscience, a man who is an outstanding patriot of this country who wants only one thing - no repression can interfere with the unwavering will of freedom-loving people to defend the independence of their country, - Badri Japaridze, one of the leaders of Lelo-Strong Georgia, writes on the social network, thus responding to the detention of one of the leaders of the Coalition for Change, Zurab Japaridze.

In principle, he gave a diplomatic answer and I am satisfied with this answer, - this is how Mikheil Kavelashvili assessed the answer of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Congressman Joe Wilson's question on Imedi TV.

Is Georgia becoming the new Belarus? What are we doing? - This is how MEP Nathalie Loiseau responds to the arrest of opposition leader Zurab Japaridze.

The Georgian Dream government and their oligarch puppet master Ivanishvili have crossed another line. The UK governmentsanctions should follow, - British MP James MacCleary wretes on his X page.

Today, Georgia’s dictatorship committed yet another crime against justice, democracy, and the rule of law by unlawfully arresting Zurab Japaridze, - Marko Mihkelson, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Estonian Parliament, writes about this on his X page.