Kakha Kaladze: Can you imagine our foreign minister would give speech at opposition rally let`s say, in Yerevan?
ArmInfo. External forces are trying to stage a coup in Georgia. This was stated by Kakha Kaladze,
the Mayor of Tbilisi and the Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party on the Rustavi 2 TV channel.
"Of course, there is an attempt from outside to stage a coup, a revolution in the country. Even the foreigners who came to the rally are proof of this," he said, while criticizing the actions of
diplomats and calling them an attempt to polarize society and a
manifestation of hostility towards Georgia.
"Can you imagine that our foreign minister would, give a speech at
the opposition rally let's say, in Yerevan? What kind of attitude is
this?' - Kaladze asked, the media reports.
In turn, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili noted
that the governments of some of Georgia's partners "went too far in
their rhetoric," adding that "anyone who disagrees with their
rhetoric automatically becomes an enemy."
"Foreign dignitaries' joining of these protests, in blatant disregard
of Georgia's sovereignty and diplomatic practice, in the name of
'democracy and human rights', is hypocrisy at best, and subversion at
worst.," the speaker of the Georgian parliament wrote on Twitter.
The foreign ministers of Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia and Iceland
arrived in Georgia on May 15. As part of their visit to Georgia, the
heads of foreign affairs departments of four European countries met
with President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze,
as well as Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, the opposition and
representatives of the non-governmental forces.
Then, the foreign ministers of Estonia, Iceland and Lithuania went to
anti-government protests and addressed the rally participants from
the stage. Minister of Foreign Affairs of Latvia Baiba Braze
attended the rally separately.