President of Poland Andrzej Duda held a phone conversation with President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili, the Polish President reported in his statement.

“On Saturday, President Andrzej Duda talked on the phone with President of Georgia Salome Zourabishvili. During the conversation President Zourabishvili described the situation in Georgia, following the recent decision of the government  on the complete suspension of the accession negotiations with the European Union until 2028. She gave an account of the grass–root spontaneous social protests and expressed her very deep concern with the possible intensification of tensions, escalation of the internal conflict and a serious constitutional crisis in Georgia.

President Andrzej Duda has consistently supported the long–standing aspirations of the Georgian people to be part of the European Union. This goal is enshrined  in the Constitution of Georgia and according to all polls it is supported by a vast majority of the Georgian society. The decision of the Tbilisi government on the complete suspension of the accession negotiations, which de facto means freezing of relations with the EU, is a painful blow to these aspirations and inflicts a very serious damage on both Georgia and the European Union. This radical step, which is clearly in the interest of Russia, is contradictory to the pre–election declarations of the Georgian Dream, and hence has the appearance of electoral fraud. This prompts a thorough examination of all doubts concerning the conduct of the parliamentary elections in Georgia held on October 26, 2024.

Un unprecedented scale of the ongoing demonstrations as well as the public protest of numerous representatives of the Georgian administration are an evidence of a profound sense of disappointment and concern with the government decision among the Georgian people. Furthermore, it is a testimony of a huge determination to return to the path of EU integration. At the same time, media information about the brutality in suppressing the protests and the risk of a bloodshed raise huge concern over future developments in Georgia. Therefore, President Andrzej Duda calls on the government of Georgia to exercise restraint and prudence, to listen to the voice of its citizens and to abandon the decisions which run counter to their will, to demonstrate openness in clarifying all doubts about the course of recent parliamentary elections and readiness to call new elections, free from any doubts and suspicions.

The place of Georgia is in a united Europe,” reads the information.