“I am confident that so-called European bureaucrats, Sandu and others, have their scripts prepared in advance to demonstrate their support, because it was clear to everyone that a so-called ‘peaceful overthrow’ was intended to take place on October 4,” Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili stated during the GPB First Channel programme Actual Topic with Maka Tsintsadze, responding to questions about the role of external actors and their influence on the opposition.

According to Kavelashvili, it’s easy for European leaders to condemn the attack on the Presidential Administration but they choose not to.

“They are repeatedly being pushed to condemn the attack on the President’s administration, this act of violence. It’s so simple, especially when you’re labelled as a European leader or a Member of the European Parliament. It’s an easy assessment, it should be condemned. But they don’t do so because they are part of the project, the ‘Deep State’. Condemnation, in their case, is not a directive. If it were, they would condemn it.”

He continued, “Honestly, these people don’t need advice to get involved in discussions. When we talk about syndrome and refusal to face reality, it shows a lack of objectivity and honesty. We have many examples of this. Every day, we hear reports about Europe’s relationships with Russia. If I’m not mistaken, French energy trade with Russia accounts for up to 40 percent.”

“Latvian MPs arrived in Tbilisi, directly interfering in our internal affairs, yet during the war years, Latvian exports of beverages to Russia actually increased. These are insincere people. The opposition in Georgia, the NGOs, YouTubers, and those who idolize them, they couldn’t say a single word when they urged Georgia to join sanctions.

Khatia Dekanoidze (MP from UNM) appears live on a foreign TV channel, openly accusing Georgia of being a ‘black hole’, among other things. This was unsubstantiated; British and American experts arrived and confirmed that nothing was happening on Georgia’s part. Yet no one asked the obvious question, if you’re urging my country to impose sanctions on Russia, why are you still trading with Russia? Where is the logic in that? President Trump warned that until trade with Russia ceases, progress would be impossible.

The previous government looked for scapegoats among honest people; we are searching among the guilty. We do not rejoice at arrests, no one does. We are individuals, and we are also members of the government. But when violence occurs, strict measures are necessary,” he concluded.