Mikheil Kavelashvili: We were forced to bring information to surface on what they demanded
“You remember the early stage of the war when everything was close to peace negotiations and one year on when Arakhamia disclosed how Boris Johnson, during his visit to Ukraine, categorically demanded that Ukraine renounced the truce agreement,” Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili, told Georgian reporters in Serbia.
Kvelashvili was asked to comment on former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s statement about Ukraine’s chances of joining NATO.
According to Kavelashvili, similar statements are not surprising.
“I have the Georgian authorities and those people in mind who trusted in the Georgian government and supported it. We said this is double standards; they act differently behind our backs, including toward us from the backstage. We were forced to bring the information to the surface, tell the truth to society about what they were asking for. It was the same in the case of Ukraine,” he said.
The President of Georgia believes it is one thing to say publicly and another to demand behind the scenes.
“Noteworthy, this was disclosed by the new U.S. Administration and they started direct talks through Trump, Vice Presidents and Secretaries of State. Recall our attitude and fight with non-government organizations – Transparency Law, USAID, NED. All this was brought to the surface after the US Presidential Administration accused and abolished these organizations, and we witnessed what kind of pressure the entire society endured; unfortunately, our citizens hired by them participated in this. This is still an ongoing process today. They still implement the instructions of such organizations. This is an obvious example for everyone,” he said.
Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, last week, during the annual Holberg debate at the University of Bergen in Norway, said there was not even the slightest chance that Ukraine would become a member of NATO.
“I attended every major NATO meeting from 2016 to 2022, and there was not even the slightest chance that Ukraine would become a member of NATO. Any such proposal [for Ukraine’s NATO membership] would be immediately vetoed by France, Germany, the US and many other countries. It would be a unanimous, total rejection,” he said.