Tsilosani: EU Ambassador’s letter confirms Georgia’s EU accession was halted 5 months before PM’s statement

“This is a scandalous disclosure, an official letter in which the EU Ambassador confirms that Georgia’s EU accession was suspended not by Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement, but by the EU’s own decision made five months earlier,” said MP Nino Tsilosani, Vice Speaker of the Parliament.

According to Tsilosani, those protesting on Rustaveli Avenue were entirely unfair in their accusations against the Georgian Dream government.

“According to this letter, I wonder whether the several dozen people gathered on Rustaveli will protest the EU’s decision and apologise for unjustly accusing the Georgian Dream government of suspending the accession process. Regrettably, the EU Ambassador’s letter speaks of suspending a programme aimed at combating organised crime, in which Georgia was a special ally of the EU and its Western partners. When you mention suspending such a programme, the underlying intentions are already clear. We will wait for the day when EU enlargement genuinely becomes a goal, rather than a tool for blackmail against various countries under the guise of expansion. This is precisely the kind of blackmail discussed in Irakli Kobakhidze’s November statement, where we reaffirmed that we will not allow anyone to blackmail us with even the most noble ideals, forcing us to make decisions such as changing the government, installing puppets, or, most gravely, engaging in military conflict,” Tsilosani explained.

Today, Rustavi 2 TV broadcast a letter from the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński, sent to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. According to the channel, the letter, dated November 5, 2025, confirms that the EU itself decided to suspend Georgia’s accession process on June 27, 2024, five months before Irakli Kobakhidze’s statement.

On November 28, 2024, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze stated that the Georgian government would not seek to open negotiations with the European Union until the end of 2028; however, it would accept such a proposal if made.