"Who is damaging that European value toward which our ancestors, our public figures, and leaders aspired—so that we could become part of this [EU] space?" stated Mikheil Kavelashvili.
In Mikheil Kavelashvili's assessment, the EU integration process is being damaged precisely by the actions of the German Ambassador and others.
"For example, the behavior carried out by the German Ambassador is written in black and white: Article 41 of the Vienna Convention clearly states what an ambassador's duties are when in another country. It is explicitly outlined, yet this person does everything contrary to it—and not just this ambassador. When interference in a country's internal affairs is directly prohibited, he allows himself more. This contradicts the process we have been striving toward for centuries and years. In this case, who is doing the damage? These people are," Kavelashvili said.
According to him, there are forces in the EU—though still few—that share the same values as the Georgian government and the majority of society.
"There are forces in the EU, still few for now, but the situation is changing there too, that have exactly the same values as we do—in this case, our current government and the majority of society. We have partners; for example, on this issue, we can name Hungary, Slovakia, and now in the Czech Republic, a party and forces with this ideology and these values have won. Europe today is not monolithic; diversity, law, and human rights were realized there—that's why we wanted to become part of this space, so that all this would not be violated. We express hope that this process will change. We are ready for dialogue, partnership, and discussion on any issue—I constantly emphasize this—but their actions and this attitude are insulting. They are insulting the majority of Georgian citizens. It is paradoxical that they seemingly focus on the Georgian people, as they did during the elections, violating this convention and directly interfering in the elections. They claimed to focus on the Georgian people, yet this people—the majority—supports this government. Why insult these people? Why assume that these individuals cannot think, are not intelligent, and cannot see what the matter is and what constitutes interference?" Mikheil Kavelashvili said on air on Adjara TV.