Marta Kos on whether restoration of contacts with Georgian government is being considered: I think the easiest way is to not talk to them - we should be careful, maybe we should start at a lower level, not at the highest level

I think the easiest way is to not talk, but to talk, you need to know what you can offer and what the other side is willing to do, - EU Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos said in response to Radio Liberty's question about whether they would consider restarting talks with the Georgian government and restoring high-level contacts at some point.

The EU Commissioner said, "it is possible that the talks will not start at the highest level, but with lower-level representatives."

“I think the easiest way is to talk to them, you need to know what you can offer and what the other side is willing to do. So now we are discussing how we can do this, how we can have this dialogue with the idea of ​​putting Georgia back on the European path. As I said, the easiest way is to not talk to them. But we are talking to many other countries in the world that do not have candidate status. Georgia still has candidate status. Turkey’s candidacy is at a standstill, we have not had any talks with them since 2019, but we have just recently started a dialogue at the highest level.

I think we should be careful, maybe not at the highest level at the beginning, maybe at a low level, but then we will see how this issue can develop,” said Marta Kos.

In addition, as the European Commissioner noted in an interview with Radio Liberty, she cannot afford to lose Georgia.

"I don't like it when the government doesn't take people into account. The [Georgian] people have a great desire to follow the European path. We will continue to work on this. I cannot accept that we may lose Georgia, even if the government passes laws one after another that clearly contradict European values," said Marta Kos.