Georgian foreign minister rejects claims of anti-European rhetoric

Georgia’s Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili has rejected accusations that the country’s authorities are promoting anti-European rhetoric, describing such claims as part of coordinated external pressure.

Bochorishvili said the allegations were a continuation of "propaganda campaigns" and what she characterised as foreign information manipulation and interference aimed at undermining Georgia’s national interests, Caliber.Az reports, citing Georgian media. 

She stated that there had been no official statements by the government that could be classified as anti-European or anti-Western.

Bochorishvili also argued that resolutions and statements issued by the European Union were often directed against Georgia’s current leadership. She said such actions amounted to pressure on a government elected by the country’s citizens and one that, in her view, is defending national interests.

The minister further pointed to the EU’s decision to suspend visa-free travel for holders of Georgian diplomatic passports as an example of how European policy tools could be used to influence domestic political dynamics in the country.

By Sabina Mammadli