In order that no one can use the issues as a weapon of blackmail against the Georgian people - we have decided not to put the issue of opening negotiations with the European Union on the agenda until the end of 2028 - Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said this at the press conference held at the party's office after the meeting between the parliamentary majority and the government team.
According to Kobakhidze, the opening of interlocutors is used for blackmailing and dividing the society in the same way as the status of candidacy was used before.
"We made a decision not to put the issue of opening negotiations with the European Union on the agenda until the end of 2028. Also, until the end of 2028, we refuse any budget grant from the European Union", said the Prime Minister.
Kobakhidze also noted that the opening of negotiations on the issue of joining the European Union is used as a tool for blackmailing the country, as before, the same thing happened on the issue of candidate status.
"It is categorically unacceptable to consider integration into the European Union as a mercy," said Kobakhidze, who also criticized the European Parliament for adopting a resolution on the issue of Georgia.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili held an emergency meeting with the representatives of the diplomatic corps, the presidential administration reports.
According to the President's administration, the meeting of the diplomatic corps and President Zurabishvili will be held in the Orbelian Palace. The extraordinary meeting was held after the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, made a statement on the issue of negotiations with the European Union after the meeting of the parliamentary majority and the government team.
