Ivanishvili not only considered Kobakhidze to be dangerous, he was also going to expel him from the party - Usupashvili saved him then, but it does not matter today, former Minister of Defence Tina Khidasheli said on PalitraNews TV.

According to her, today Irakli Kobakhidze, Chairman of the Georgian Dream party, and Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, are voicing the messages of the party's founder, Bidzina Ivanishvili.

"Gharibashvili is the only Prime Minister in Georgia who was officially dismissed for corruption. You can recall Bidzina Ivanishvili's statements when he said that his relative ate the country.

Ivanishvili not only considered Kobakhidze to be dangerous, he was also going to expel him from the party. I do not remember what position he was appointed to, something happened there a week after his appointment, I do not know, I did not attend the meeting of that political council and, quite unequivocally, Ivanishvili decided to dismiss him. Usupashvili saved him then, but today all this does not matter.

Every minute we hear Ivanishvili's opinion from Irakli Kobakhidze, he is just voicing Bidzina Ivanishvili’s messages, like Gharibashvili," Tina Khidasheli said.

She also spoke about the Georgia’s chances of getting candidate status from the EU, noting that the arrest of Nika Gvaramia, General Director of the Main Channel TV, may serve as a reason for some EU countries not to grant Georgia the status.