Irakli Kobakhidze on Zurab Pololikashvili: When someone tries to hit the Georgian government in the head, he should not then wait for a response - he tried something that did not deserve a response

When someone tries to hit the Georgian government in the head, he should not then wait for a response. He tried something that did not deserve a response, but deserved the withdrawal of his candidacy. He opposed state interests. I will not explain more, because this is about a person who will still hold the position of the head of the World Tourism Organization until the end of the year, - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated regarding the head of the World Tourism Organization, Zurab Pololikashvili.

According to Kobakhidze, Zurab Pololikashvili proved with his answer that the decision to withdraw him was without alternative. Accordingly, according to Kobakhidze, it would be a betrayal on the part of the government not to withdraw Pololikashvili's candidacy.

"As for ambassadors, I cannot specify because ambassadors are summoned in a closed mode and dissatisfaction was expressed regarding the fact that we supported a specific candidacy for a third term. We are talking about Georgian ambassadors who were summoned and were asked to give a kind of report in this regard.

As for this topic in general, some people have the perception that our government deserves a bad attitude due to its noble attitude, some people have the perception that they can hit the government on the head and not expect a reaction from it. Of course, we will not respond with the same action, but everyone will receive an appropriate response to such actions, and this is exactly what the decision that was made was based on. This decision has nothing to do with supporting the representative of the United Arab Emirates or any other candidate. First, the decision was made to withdraw the candidacy, and then we made a decision to support a specific candidate. There is no connection between these two events. If it were not for this reckless approach, an attempt to hit us in the head, etc., everything would have been different, but in the end, a message was published that clearly proved that the decision to withdraw the candidate was without alternative.

This man is the head of the UN World Organization until the end of the year. When such a man, while still in office, speaks with such vocabulary about the government of his own country, this is a clear sign... When someone tries to hit the Georgian government in the head, he should not then wait for a response. He tried something that did not deserve a response, but deserved the withdrawal of his candidacy. He opposed state interests. I will not explain more, because this is about a person who will still hold the position of the head of the World Tourism Organization until the end of the year. I would like to remind you that we first supported his candidacy 8 years ago, and then 4 years ago, and invested a lot of resources in all this. At that time, there was a government of the Georgian Dream in power, which this specific [person] refers to with harsh vocabulary. Do you like the terminology that the head of the World Tourism Organization uses? How can anyone like it? By doing this, he proved that the decision to withdraw him was without alternative. Accordingly, it would be a betrayal on our part not to withdraw this candidacy. It would be a betrayal of the country, our state. When someone tries to hit the state in the head, this requires an appropriate reaction," said Irakli Kobakhidze.