We saw oppositionists hugging ambassadors on May 9, and we also saw how the Georgian people did not hug them, - the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, told journalists.

According to him, "foreigners are giving false hopes to opposition representatives that with their support they will be brought to power."

"The main thing for the opposition is to shake hands with the EU ambassador. On May 9, we saw them hugging the ambassadors, and we also saw how the Georgian people do not hug them. This will always be the case. Foreigners create false hopes for them that with their support, they will be brought to power against the will of the Georgian people. We have seen this since 2024, when they were trying to break the will of the Georgian people from the outside, in order to somehow bring Saakashvili and similar groups to power. Those who turn their backs on the Georgian people, the Georgian people also turn their backs on them," Papuashvili said.