Nobody from an entourage of the leadership of Georgian Dream should come to Western countries. No way. They have to go to Moscow; they have to go to Minsk. Their partners are there, not in Brussels, not in Vilnius, - Lithuanian MEP Petras Auštrevičius stated this in an exclusive interview with InterPressNews.

According to him, what has been done towards the representatives of the Georgian Dream is not enough and many cooperational projects should be cut down.

“It's not enough. Suspension of diplomatic passports, it's good, but it's not enough. We have to cut down a lot of cooperational projects and policy lines, even isolation. Isolation, of course, is very painful for people, and a country will feel it. But to fight authoritarian dictatorship regimes, you have to do something. As we do it against Belarus and Russia, sorry to say, Georgia is falling into the category of those countries. We didn't want to see this happening, but that's a choice of Bidzina Ivanishvili and Irakli Kobakhidze. Ask them why they do this. I think we have to be more isolationists in this regard”, he said.

In addition, when asked who he meant when he spoke about isolation - the Georgian people or the government, Petras Auštrevičius said that it was the government.

“The government, of course. I'm not speaking about removing a visa-free regime, but of course, nobody from an entourage of the leadership of Georgian Dream should come to Western countries. No way. They have to go to Moscow; they have to go to Minsk. Their partners are there, not in Brussels, not in Vilnius”, he said.

He addressed the Georgian people and stated that Georgian society should not follow Kremlin's propaganda, which sometimes speak Georgian language.

“Don't get disillusioned. Don't get fooled around by the official propaganda of the ruling party. I hope Georgians are common sense people. They see things as they go. There is a lot of danger in official propaganda, speaking about this war or peace, and so on and so forth. It's designed not by Georgians but by Putin's regime. So that's why people should really be more selective and recognize real threats. In Kremlin, there are people, very smart people who understand PR and communication well. They know that Georgians are afraid, and they have still memories from 2008. And they simply use that argument, and they use that rhetoric in order to increase social pressure and uncertainty. But we do it knowingly. They do it on purpose. So that's why don't follow Kremlin's propaganda, which sometimes speak Georgian language”, said the MEP.