Kakha Kaladze on the PACE Monitoring Committee: We do not accept the language of blackmail or ultimatums – they should use ultimatums and blackmail with those with whom they have gone out. This is what the Secretary-General of the Georgian Dream, Kakha Kaladze, told journalists, responding to the PACE Monitoring Committee offering two options to the Georgian parliamentary delegation regarding "Georgian Dream."

As Kaladze emphasized, "Georgian Dream" only seeks partnership.

"We do not accept the language of blackmail or ultimatums. We only want friendship, partnership, and this attitude and such statements are categorically unacceptable. This is neither friendship nor partnership. They should use ultimatums and blackmail with those with whom they have gone out," said Kaladze.

Regarding the statements of Western partners in recent months, Kaladze stated that many unjust statements had been made, which are "categorically unacceptable."

"In the past few weeks and months, we have heard many unjust statements based on lies, falsehoods, and therefore such statements and attitudes are categorically unacceptable. We want only fairness, friendship, and the deepening of relationships," said Kaladze.

For information, the PACE Monitoring Committee offers two options to the Assembly regarding Georgia: one with conditions for recognizing the mandates of the Georgian delegation and one without recognition.

According to the first option, the mandates of the Georgian delegation will be ratified with the condition that by April 2025, Georgian officials will: begin working on creating an electoral environment for "genuinely democratic new elections" in cooperation with the opposition and civil society; take steps to restore the country's EU membership process; end police brutality and human rights violations; cease the misuse of legal procedures against demonstrators, journalists, and civil leaders, and fully respect the rights to freedom of expression and assembly. In this option, the Assembly will assess Georgia's progress on these points in April 2025 and may review the Georgian delegation's mandates, including potentially suspending them.

In the second option prepared by the Monitoring Committee, the requirements for Georgian officials remain the same, with the only difference being that in this option, the ratification of the Georgian delegation's mandates in PACE will not occur.