They probably sent Davitashvili’s interrogation record to European structures, — this is how one of the leaders of the “United National Movement,” Lasha Parulava, responds to the removal of the Kulevi port from the European Union’s 20th sanctions package.

In the “PalitraNews” program “Resume,” Lasha Parulava stated that the government of Azerbaijan and “SOCAR” shared far more facts and evidence with European partners than the Georgian side did.

“The Kulevi oil terminal has been operating in Georgia for years and is owned by ‘SOCAR.’ It has never had any problems, never been involved in any international corruption scandal, let alone sanctions discussions. When did all this start? When the Georgian government adopted a decree — specifically by Economy Minister Mr. Davitashvili — and issued the relevant licenses and permits for an oil refinery in Kulevi, and construction of the plant began. But this is fictitious construction; nothing is operating there, no such plant exists. A non-existent plant sends 60 million worth of petroleum products to Europe every month. Ultimately, it was confirmed that this is Russian sanctioned product. The terminal is separate, the plant is separate, and the terminal got into trouble because of the plant. The government of Azerbaijan and ‘SOCAR’ shared far more facts and evidence with European partners than the Georgian side did. Why? Because the Georgian side itself created this problem, it itself initiated the fraudulent scheme. Davitashvili issued the permit, it was revoked, and then he was appointed chairman of the supervisory board at the plant. What could be greater corruption and conflict of interest than this?” — stated Lasha Parulava.

For information: The EU Special Representative for Sanctions Issues, David O’Sullivan, sent a letter to Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili, stating that the European Union did not include the Kulevi Oil Terminal located in Georgia in the 20th sanctions package against Russia.