Irakli Kobakhidze: I can fly to Brussels today, whoever tells me - be it the European Commissioner or the President of the European Council, I am ready for a discussion with anyone - What is the answer from there? - Soviet approach

I am personally ready - I can fly to Brussels today, whoever tells me - whether it is the European Commissioner, the High Representative of the European Union, the President of the European Council - I am ready for a discussion with any of them - what is the answer from there? - The Soviet approach, - said the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, answering a journalist's question about whether he is ready for a discussion on the recommendations related to visa liberalization.

According to him, just as telegrams were sent from Soviet Moscow in the past, "they send telegrams [from the European Union] and don't even talk to us."

"I will not go into specific details, because this is a complex issue. Everything needs discussion, and where is the main Soviet approach and where is the problem? - We say that we are ready for a discussion with any politician. I am personally ready, I can fly to Brussels today, whoever tells me - be it the European Commissioner, or the High Representative of the European Union, the President of the European Council - I am ready for a discussion with any of them. What is the answer from there? - The Soviet approach. What else is the Soviet approach? - When they don't talk to you about anything and come with empty ultimatums, they send you ultimatums by mail. Just as telegrams were sent from Soviet Moscow before, they send telegrams and don't even talk to us. Is not this the Soviet approach? Is not this the same inquisitorial approach?” – he said.

“The European Union, the European bureaucracy cannot see itself as a union government. For us, the European Union cannot be a union government! We have left the standard of union government in the late 80s of the last century. We do not need a union government! We need a healthy, fair partnership approach, including dialogue. When you are right, you talk to anyone, right? - We are right, that is why I say that I will fly to Brussels today, if the case requires it and if there is an interest in it.

Why can't they enter into a dialogue with us? - Because they themselves know that all the demands they have made over the years have always been unfair, they have been treating the Georgian people unfairly for four years. This started after the 2020 parliamentary elections. One of the main figures in the criminal case of sabotage was the EU ambassador, official representative, Carl Hartzel, who directly led the negotiations against us. It was not any political party, it was a criminal case in the broad sense. When they stirred up the country for a year, from October 2020 to October 2021. They stirred up the country for absolutely nothing, they tried to hinder its development, and this was done by one of the EU ambassadors and the ambassador from the previous administration from the United States. Then all this continued for three years, they did not give this country any rest. They know that there is no truth on their side, otherwise they would not be afraid of a discussion with us, but today they are absolutely avoiding the discussion, they are acting with a Soviet approach," Kobakhidze said.