“They are using every mechanism at their disposal to keep our society divided, and, regrettably, this is being done at the hands of EU institutions,” stated the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Maka Botchorishvili, when commenting on the European Parliament resolution concerning Georgia.

According to the Minister, the European Parliament resolution contains numerous bizarre clauses, making it impossible to evaluate the document with any degree of seriousness.

“Broadly speaking, there are many bizarre clauses in this resolution, or report, which makes it impossible to take the document seriously or to formulate a serious position on it. You know who the rapporteur for the report is. This is not the only attempt to divide our society; we have seen many such instances.

On the one hand, they lecture us about polarisation. On the other hand, they deploy every possible mechanism to ensure our society remains even more divided and pitted against one another. Regrettably, this is happening precisely at the hands of MEPs and European Union institutions,” Botchorishvili stated.

According to Botchorishvili, it is regrettable that the European Parliament is being used as a tool to exert pressure on Georgian society. She added that the resolution is riddled with falsehoods aimed at damaging Georgia’s reputation.

“One thing is deeply regrettable: that an EU institution, in this case, the European Parliament, is being used as a tool to exert pressure, or attempt to exert pressure, on our society, and to reinforce entirely false narratives about Georgia. This resolution contains numerous lies and inaccuracies, and many of its clauses are highly manipulative. Consequently, all of this serves to tarnish Georgia’s reputation. You will have seen the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ position regarding this text; we view it as an attack on the Georgian state and Georgian society. It is completely unacceptable for this to be carried out at the hands of an EU institution,” Maka Botchorishvili stated.

For context, the European Parliament resolution adopted on June 17 states: “We call on the European Commission to establish a mechanism to ensure that civil society activists, journalists, and students maintain visa-free access to the EU.”