Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze displayed he had spoken with Derek Chollet, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, and expressed his ” sincere disappointment with the two revolution attempts of 2020-2023 supported by the former U.S. Ambassador and those carried out through NGOs financed from external sources,” Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.
The PM highlighted that the second front line would have been opened in Georgia if these attempts were successful.
“Spoke to Counselor and expressed my sincere disappointment with the two revolution attempts of 2020-2023 supported by the former U.S. Ambassador and those carried out through NGOs financed from external sources. Had these attempts been successful, the second front line would have been opened in Georgia.
Besides, I explained to Mr Chollet that false statements made by the officials of the U.S. State Department about the transparency bill and street rallies remind us of similar false statements made by the former U.S. Ambassador in 2020-2023, which served to facilitate violence from foreign-funded actors and to the support of revolutionary processes back then.
Also, I clarified to Mr. Chollet that it requires a special effort to restart the relations against this background, which is impossible without a fair and honest approach.
I have not expressed my concerns with Mr. Chollet about a brutal crackdown of the students’ protest rally in New York City,” the PM wrote on X Platform.
Derek Chollet, Counselor of the U.S. Department of State, wrote on May 2 that he had talked to Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze over the bill On Transparency of Foreign Influence.
