Georgian ruling party figures slam Ukraine, CoE for featuring wanted former official at int’l event

Irakli Kobakhidze, the ruling party head, said the former official Zurad Adeishvili was “not only accused of specific crimes [in Georgia], but he was the creator of one of the ugliest repressive machines in the world over the years”. Photo: imedi TV

Agenda.ge, 18 Oct 2022 - 15:53, Tbilisi,Georgia

The head of the ruling Georgian Dream party and MPs from the faction on Tuesday criticised Ukrainian authorities for promoting Zurab Adeishvili, the wanted former prosecutor general and justice minister of Georgia, as a senior advisor to the Ukrainian prosecutor general, condemning his recent presence at the Council of Europe along with his chief to discuss Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.

Describing Adeishvili’s participation in the meetings with CoE officials as a “grave event”, Irakli Kobakhidze, the ruling party head, said the former official was “not only accused of specific crimes [in Georgia], but he was the creator of one of the ugliest repressive machines in the world over the years”. 

In reference to Adeishvili’s featuring at the European institution, Kobakhidze said “such incidents” pointed to Georgian authorities’ “one-sided friendship and solidarity” with Ukraine.