Mr. Herczyński will be given an answer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - at one time, the Russian Exarch cursed Georgians in Russian, now he insults them in English - the difference is only between the languages, - Guram Macharashvili, a member of the People's Power party, said when speaking about the summoning of the EU Ambassador Pavel Herczyński to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

According to him, “we have repeatedly heard Mr. Herczyński’s offensive statements.”

“We have seen not only statements, but also actions. Among them, during the 2024 parliamentary elections, we saw how he called on the public not to support the government and to support the National Movement and its satellite parties. This is direct interference. Along with interference, a return to that dark past. When Mr. Herczyński calls on us not to return to the dark past, on the contrary, he himself was pushing the population of Georgia to return to the dark past. Wasn't that so?! It was so, there are videos. Georgian society understands very well that if at one time the Russian Exarch cursed Georgians in Russian, now he insults them in English. The only difference is between the languages. This is precisely the reason why Herczyński was summoned to the Ministry. We know very well how a friendly statement is made. A friendly statement, a friendly sharing of grief was made by the US Secretary of State regarding the death of the Patriarch. Why wasn't there the same friendly sharing of grief, for example, from the EU bureaucracy?! So let no one teach us about friendship and enmity," Macharashvili said.

The EU Ambassador to Georgia, who opened a documentary photo exhibition “Georgia in Focus” in Brussels at the European External Action Service, noted that Georgia is no longer on the right trajectory.

According to the ambassador, the government has chosen an alternative, authoritarian model and is distancing Georgia from the European Union.

“Georgia is at a crossroads. Georgia’s future has not yet been written, but what will be decided in the coming weeks and months will determine whether Georgia belongs to the family of European countries, based on democracy, the rule of law and human rights, or, unfortunately, returns to its dark past. My main message to the Georgian people is “do not lose hope”. We must not allow Georgia and the wonderful, warm, hospitable Georgian people to return to the dark times of violence, civil war, poverty, hardship, corruption. This is not the future they deserve.

As soon as the government expresses a desire to cooperate with us, we will do everything to help Georgia become a member of the European Union,” Herczynski was quoted as saying by Negtazeti.