The President of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvili, believes that representatives of the Georgian diaspora should have the opportunity to participate in the elections, and for this, negotiations should be held with partner countries.

According to her, illegal Georgians are afraid of participating in official events, however, as Zurabishvili noted, this can also be negotiated with partners so that they can participate in the elections without feeling threatened by the police.

"Diaspora and elections are my topics, it worried me because I saw during various elections how poorly the results of the emigration moods were reflected. It doesn't mean anything, but still, it must be a little weird that I lost elections in Paris. Millions of our compatriots live outside the borders today, among them many are illegal, and nothing is being done, no government has been interested in increasing the number of our compatriots participating in the elections. Participation of a small group was considered quite sufficient, and all the authorities thought: "Why bother ourselves and start some campaign abroad, which will be much more difficult." One thing is also very significant here that it is much more difficult to gain political influence on people who live outside and work independently. You cannot influence them with salaries, pressure, children, wife, etc. So they are a much freer part of our electorate and their participation is very important. This discussion should start now and I am glad that it is starting in different circles and it means that the topic is relevant. There are many different ways to get many more people to participate, on the basis of other countries' experiences. The main thing is to ensure the availability of places where they can participate in the elections. There cannot be only one center in the embassy, others polling stations should be opened, especially in large countries, where it is difficult for our citizens to participate", said the President.

According to her, several countries are already ready to help Georgia in this process.

"I know that several of our partner countries are ready to help us to open such safe areas. The second issue is that illegals are always afraid that going to the embassy or the polling station will be noticed by the local police and they will face some kind of danger. This issue has also been resolved between many countries. I know, for example, from the experience of France that Algerians participate in very large numbers, so that the Algerian elections are decided in France and there are queues at their embassies and polling stations, but there is no police intervention. We should get agreements and guarantees from our partners in advance that this will not happen, and we should prepare our population in advance that there will be no danger in this regard," said Salome Zurabishvili.