Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze has called on the US State Department and the European Union to explicitly condemn what he described as an attempt to overthrow Georgia’s government, framing such a move as the simplest way to prove that Western partners are not seeking to instigate unrest in the country.
“The US State Department should kindly prove that it acts not under the influence of the ‘deep state’ but in accordance with the objective interests of the American people, and the simplest proof would be to condemn the attempt to overthrow the government,” Kobakhidze said. He added that opposition figure Tina Bokuchava had already condemned the attempt, asking why Washington and Brussels could not do the same.
Kobakhidze claimed that if the US wishes to demonstrate that it is not interested in provoking instability or supporting a coup in Georgia, it must take “concrete steps,” beginning with a clear statement against the alleged overthrow attempt.
The Prime Minister also commented on recent reports that Georgia’s Ambassador to Washington, Tamar Taliashvili, had been summoned to the State Department. He insisted that no formal diplomatic summons had taken place, clarifying that Taliashvili herself informed the government she had merely been requested to attend a meeting with US officials.
“You know what summoning an ambassador means? It is a diplomatic measure used to express protest. In this case, that measure was not used,” Kobakhidze said, stressing that the meeting should not be portrayed as a summons.
Kobakhidze further criticized the European Union, describing its “bureaucracy as being in a state of calamity.” He argued that recent statements by EU officials, including Commission Vice-President Kaja Kallas and Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos, failed to acknowledge the alleged coup attempt, instead calling on “both sides” to act responsibly.
“We are still waiting for them to distance themselves from and condemn the coup attempt,” he said. “In the context of the coup attempt, calling on both sides to ‘behave properly’—how normal is that?”
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