"I would love to praise the Georgian government for reforms; I would love to speak positively about developments in Georgia. However, unfortunately, when it comes to Georgia-EU relations, we are currently at the lowest point," said the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński, in a statement to journalists.

"My duty as the EU Ambassador is to represent the European Union's position. This is what I have been doing since my first day in office, and I will continue to do so in the future. I would love to praise the government for reforms; I would love to speak positively about developments in Georgia. However, unfortunately, when it comes to Georgia-EU relations, we are currently at the lowest point. There are no longer high-level visits, we have suspended financial assistance to the government, imposed visa restrictions for diplomatic passport holders, and redirected our support from the government to civil society and independent media, which are increasingly operating under difficult conditions," the ambassador stated.

According to him, his role as the EU Ambassador is to inform the public about the current state of Georgia-EU relations.

"I wish we were in a different situation, but everyone knows that the situation is extremely difficult.

In December 2023, the European Union made the decision to open the door for Georgia. The country was expected to implement reforms. However, as we see, most of these reforms are not being carried out. On the contrary, steps are being taken that do not bring Georgia closer to the EU but rather push it further away. This is, of course, very unfortunate, but it reflects the current state of Georgia-EU relations," the ambassador noted.