“The European Union announced the talk of suspending Georgia’s accession process back in June,” Georgia’s President Mikheil Kavelashvili told journalists.

According to the President, this was an artificially created process that continues to this day, yet Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement was being named as the main problem.

“The story broke as if the main motivator of the protests was Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement that Georgia would temporarily suspend all negotiations related to accession. Even then, we were saying that talk of suspension had been announced by the European Union’s side back in June, but who listened to us? This was an artificially created process that continues to this day,” Kavelashvili stated.

According to Georgia’s President, the main thing is for society to listen to the government.

“No one demands society to be a supporter of the government, but we are talking about the perception of reality, about a sense of justice, about a fair attitude towards the state, and about objective assessments. We have already chosen our path. We are moving along this path firmly and calmly, which is evident in reality.

Whoever wants to understand and see can see it very clearly. The majority of our country’s population perceives the existing problems and challenges well, and consequently, the result is analogous. The only thing that pains us is that some people are victims of disinformation and double standards, and they continue to sacrifice themselves to their own detriment,” Kavelashvili noted.

According to him, Georgia continues its development in parallel.

“We blame the European Union for nothing; we are speaking in facts. Our society deserves far more; it is far more intelligent. Irakli Kobakhidze made a statement the very next day that he was ready, at any time, as soon as the European Union is ready to open negotiations with us, to begin negotiations. This is a fact,” Mikheil Kavelashvili stated.

For context, a letter from the EU Ambassador, Paweł Herczyński, addressed to Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was circulated by Rustavi 2 TV Company today. According to available information, the letter, dated November 5, 2025, reveals that the European Union had itself decided to suspend Georgia’s accession process as early as June 27, 2024, which is five months before Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement. On November 28, 2024, Kobakhidze announced that Georgia’s government would not seek to open negotiations with the European Union until the end of 2028; although he stated that the government would accept a proposal should one be made.