The News in Brief
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Prepared by Messenger Staff
President Zurabishvili Says Violent Groups Damage Georgia’s EU Path
According to President Salome Zurabishvili, it’s probable that the intensification of pro-Russian, violent, homophobic, and anti-European groups during the most important moments for the country is not spontaneous, but controlled.
“In a country with more than 80% of the population in favor of EU membership and European path, it is not logical to think that the intensification of pro-Russian, violent, homophobic, and anti-European groups during the most important moments for the country are spontaneous and not controlled.
These are deliberate actions to damage the country's European path, which do not express the opinion of the Georgian people and are not consistent with their European choice.
This is a plan to prevent Georgia from being an anti-Western and anti-European state through similar provocations. What else can be the aim of such planned and successive violence on the street, violence against politicians, violence against female politicians, attacks on ambassadors and European principles, or calls to insult the European symbol?
Such actions are completely unacceptable and should be condemned, as they harm the European future of the country,” Salome Zurabishvili says in her statement.
President Zurabishvili Says Violent Groups Damage Georgia’s EU Path
According to President Salome Zurabishvili, it’s probable that the intensification of pro-Russian, violent, homophobic, and anti-European groups during the most important moments for the country is not spontaneous, but controlled.
“In a country with more than 80% of the population in favor of EU membership and European path, it is not logical to think that the intensification of pro-Russian, violent, homophobic, and anti-European groups during the most important moments for the country are spontaneous and not controlled.
These are deliberate actions to damage the country's European path, which do not express the opinion of the Georgian people and are not consistent with their European choice.
This is a plan to prevent Georgia from being an anti-Western and anti-European state through similar provocations. What else can be the aim of such planned and successive violence on the street, violence against politicians, violence against female politicians, attacks on ambassadors and European principles, or calls to insult the European symbol?
Such actions are completely unacceptable and should be condemned, as they harm the European future of the country,” Salome Zurabishvili says in her statement.