Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said that the head of the Ukrainian pro-presidential faction “Servant of the people” David Arahamia demanded that the USA status of a candidate of the EU did not provide Tbilisi from the United States and the countries of Europe. It is reported by TASS.
“One of the main initiators, who urgently demanded that Georgia not receive the status of a candidate, be a representative of the Ukrainian authorities, Mr. Arahamia. He almost an ultimatum nominated in Europe that if Georgia received the status of a candidate, they were would be very upset, ”Garibashvili said in parliament.
He also accused the Georgian opposition of that their representatives also went abroad with a request not to give Tbilisi the status of an EU candidate. In particular, it was about Saloma Samadashvili, which during the presidency of Mikhail Saakashvili was an ambassador to the European Union.
According to the Georgian Prime Minister, from the “Associated Trio” (Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine), the status of an EU candidate deserved most of all. “We, unfortunately, did not receive it. It is insulting for us and our people,” he summed up.