Your dreams about isolation are just your dreams. It's funny, Kaja Kallas cannot determine whether Georgia will be isolated, who will greet the Georgian Foreign Minister, who we will meet... This is not happening today! - I am deeply convinced that during my term as Minister, the policy of the European Union will change, - this is how Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili addressed the members of the Gakharia for Georgia party from the rostrum of the parliament, who invited her to the legislative body by interpellation procedure.
As Botchorishvili noted, there is no basis or justification for the approach with which the European Union is currently conducting relations with Georgia.
“Your dreams about isolation are just your dreams. There is no real basis for this. It is ridiculous, Kaja Kallas cannot determine whether Georgia should be isolated, who will greet the Georgian Foreign Minister, who we will meet. This is not happening today! Georgia uses all international organizations to ensure that Georgia’s national interests are protected and properly represented. Do not limit yourself to your dreamy isolation, take a good look around, look at what is happening in the world. What role and function Georgia has to fulfill.
I do not know why you see me as the Minister of Internal Affairs, but the function of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry is to ensure that Georgia’s national interests are properly protected outside the country. The country has the opportunity to develop in a safe environment. This is what drives me. This is what drives the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. While I am in this position, [the goal will be] not to allow any step or take any action that would pose even the slightest threat to the stability and security of the country. We do this on a daily basis and we will continue.
Integration into the European Union remains the direction for our country, where we think and believe that we will create an appropriate framework for the stability and development of our country. We understand that this process has not been uniform for anyone. There can always be difficulties, there can always be changes in policy. I am deeply convinced that the policy will change on the part of the European Union during my term as Minister.
There is no basis or justification for the approach with which the European Union is conducting relations with Georgia today. Is it because we are being harmed - no, this harms common European interests. Common European interests mean that we and Europe have common interests. Common interests are harmed by the approaches that we see from Brussels,” said Botchorishvili.