The issue of opening a second front in Georgia is noise, this is propaganda and disinformation, stated the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Joseph Borrell, in response to the question of the Mtavari Arkhi  (Main Channel) journalist.

“I understood that you were asking me about the alignment with the foreign policy with the European Union and also Something related to any specific gauge, which, to be frank, I cannot give you a concrete answer to that. And also something related to this call for opening a second front. Well, this is easy to answer. This is noise. This is interference, this is propaganda, this is disinformation. It’s crazy to believe that the European Union wants to use Georgia to open a second front in the war of Russia against Ukraine. So, do not listen to this kind of thing. I regret that people disseminate this false narrative. Because certainly creates trouble, but the will of the people who do that, is to poison the atmosphere, to disturb the messages, to create mistrust. And yes, I know that Russian propaganda is very intensive, and they excel in this kind of message. And then about the alignment. Look, the European Union, the prime minister knows it very well, and the foreign minister too, we are a club of states that on the issues of external policy we work by consensus or by unanimity. So we have to be sure that we have the same vision of the world in order to be able to reach an agreement among us. If everybody had a different approach to the world, then it was going to be impossible to build a foreign policy. And that’s why we require the candidates to align with our positions to be sure that once they are members and they will contribute to building a common policy, they can do it because they are aligned.

The alignment rate of Georgia is not very high. It has been since the Association agreement has not been improving. We have been discussing with the prime minister and foreign affairs minister, in a candid manner, explaining our concerns, and receiving their explanations, or points of view. And yes, certainly it is something that has to improve. On the other hand, I want to recognize that on the matter of fighting against the circumvention of sanctions, Georgia has been doing very well and also something that has to be stressed. But yes. Yes. We have to do work in order to align the foreign policy of Georgia with us,” Borrell stated.