“The entire delegation and its head, Tea Tsulukiani, did everything they could to defend our country’s positions at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE),” said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze noting that “it’s their merit” that the Georgian delegation was granted the credentials.

“I would like to thank each of them, and first of all Tea Tsulukiani, for their principled defense of our national interests and positions,” the PM said in an interview with ‘Imedis Kvira.’

The PACE on Wednesday approved a resolution on Georgia, granting limited credentials to the Georgian delegation till April. The resolution outlines several conditions that Georgian authorities must satisfy by April, among them “the release of political prisoners and the announcement of new elections.” If the criteria are not satisfied, Assembly members will have the opportunity to challenge the Georgian delegation’s credentials in April.

Following the resolution, Tea Tsulukiani, member of the parliamentary majority and Head of the Georgian delegation to the PACE, announced the Georgian Dream’s decision to quit the PACE.