In general, of course, I do not take such assessments seriously - we see individual MEPs in the European Parliament who are friends of Mikheil Saakashvili. It's over, that says it all, - this is how the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, answered the journalist's question, "statements are being spread that the European Parliament is already hearing calls for the European Commission to withdraw its candidate status."

According to Papuashvili's assessment, a friend of Mikheil Saakashvili, the third president of Georgia, cannot be a friend of Georgia by definition.

"Of course, I generally do not take such assessments seriously. We see some MEPs in the European Parliament who are friends of Mikheil Saakashvili. It's over, that says it all. By definition, a friend of Mikheil Saakashvili cannot be a friend of Georgia. Therefore, of course, now the Georgian people do not expect anything good from such people, especially since we have seen resolutions where they wrote lies and disinformation about Georgia. Then we discovered that these texts were prepared by lobbyists, and there is a suspicion of political corruption, including that under the influence of political corruption, texts with such content are being prepared," Papuashvili said.