Tina Khidasheli: Macron decided to talk to those who manage the process behind the scenes in the country - what the Georgian side wrote makes us think that Macron is waiting for the prisoners to be released and the violence to stop before the next conversation, although I don't have high expectations

The most important message in the telephone conversation, in addition to its content, was the form - Macron called the citizen of Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, who is declared by the entire Western world to be the informal leader in the country, and did not call the man who calls himself the prime minister, former Minister of Defense, Tina Khidasheli said about this. "360 Degrees" was announced in the "PalitraNews" program.

Tina Khidasheli responded to the telephone conversation between the French President Emmanuel Macron and the honorary chairperson of "Georgian Dream", Bidzina Ivanishvili.

According to her, the most valuable of the received information was the following: "It was agreed that there would be another conversation about the already achieved results."

"What "Georgian Dream" told us was also significant, because the story they spread ended with the agreement that there would be another conversation about the already achieved results. Of the information that we know publicly, this sentence was the most valuable and important. This suggests that yes, there was talk of what should be a sequel, meaning there should be a next series. That is, when "Elysee Fields" writes in the statement what the Georgians did not write, for example, President Macron demanded the release of the prisoners, demanded an end to the violence - what the Georgian side wrote, that this conversation will continue, makes us think that President Macron is waiting for the release of the prisoners and the end of the violence to stop until the next conversation.

The most important message in this telephone conversation, apart from its content, of course, was its form, when the French president calls a citizen of Georgia, I don't care whose citizen he is, he was not talking to a French citizen, he called Bidzina Ivanishvili, a citizen of Georgia, who is declared by the world to be the informal leader in this country and did not call the man who calls himself the Prime Minister, calls himself the Speaker of the Parliament and so why didn't call Salome Zurabishvili, it's understandable," Khidasheli said.

According to her, she has no doubts that Macron's call to Ivanishvili followed Salome Zurabishvili's visit to France.

"I don't doubt it for a second, but even if someone denies it, and even if it's not the case, the fact is that a day before, he already had a conversation with Salome Zurabishvili, the country's President, so the next logical step would be to call the country's prime minister , but since the man who calls himself prime minister is not recognized by anyone, including the French president, the French president decided to talk to him, those who manage the political process in this country from behind the scenes" - said Khidasheli.

In addition, according to Khidasheli, she has no expectations regarding the results of this conversation.

"I don't have high expectations at all that talking to someone will influence Bidzina Ivanishvili's decisions. I think he is now one scared man who thinks that everything about him depends on how long he can keep power and nothing else. When you become so dependent on maintaining power, it doesn't matter who calls you, what type of negotiations they ask you to engage in. The only thing that can outweigh his moods and attitudes is the fear of losing something bigger, more. Macron cannot tell him this, because Macron is the president of a democratic country, the presidents of a democratic country do not threaten, they do not issue ultimatums, they act. That is why December 16 is important for us, when the European Council must make a decision. I am absolutely sure, and this is my informed belief, that the US is waiting for the decision to be made by the European Council on December 16 in order to synchronize these decisions and the measures to be used by them and not to miss too much from each other in time," said Khidasheli.

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