I do not think that joining this decision would have entailed any kind of existential threats, however, if such risks existed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the head of the executive branch, should speak about such threats, - said Berdia Sichinava, Executive Secretary of the Gakharia for Georgia party, responding to the statement of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, in which she explained why Georgia did not join the agreement on the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

According to him, the Minister of Foreign Affairs should specifically explain the grounds for refusing this decision.

"All our decisions made in terms of foreign policy require a specific explanation. I have not heard from Maka Botchorishvili, except that we are fighting invented chimeras, that joining such a decision would entail existential threats. The Minister of Foreign Affairs should specifically explain the grounds for refusing this decision. We are not criticizing the decision they made, we are not saying whether it is positive or negative. The Minister of Foreign Affairs should simply come out and explain to the public what led to this decision. They do not do this - they silently make such decisions whether to join the resolutions or not. They do this in the name of the executive branch so that it is not discussed in parliament, it does not become a subject of wide discussion in society. This is how such decisions are made behind the scenes. I do not think that joining this decision would have entailed any existential threats, however, if such risks existed, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the head of the executive branch should come out and talk about such threats. But, all this time, these people have been bragging about joining thousands of resolutions supporting Ukraine, against Russia. Now they should come out and explain why they did not join this decision yesterday. The problem we have with the government is that these people are characterized by making backstage decisions and, after making these backstage decisions, hiding them from the public and leaving them without explanation why they made or did not make the decision,” said Berdia Sichinava.

For information, at the meeting of foreign ministers of the 46 member states of the Council of Europe held in Moldova on May 15, 36 countries and the European Union expressed their intention to join the new expanded partial agreement on the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

Thirty-four member states of the Council of Europe (Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, San Marino, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom), as well as the European Union, Australia and Costa Rica, expressed their willingness to participate in it.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili explained why Georgia did not join the agreement on the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the crime of aggression against Ukraine and stated that the attitude of some EU member states towards Georgia does not allow them to make decisions that "would create additional risks and threats to Georgia."