Georgian PM vows country will become of EU member “with dignity” by 2030 in open letter to youth

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday vowed the country would become a member of the European Union “with dignity” and as an “independent and sovereign state” by 2030.

In his open letter to the young people amid protest rallies against the domestic bill on transparency of foreign influence, Kobakhidze noted the Government would “act at the behest of over 60 percent of Georgian voters, who strongly and thoughtfully support the transparency of NGOs and, accordingly, the peaceful future of Georgia”.

I promise that the Georgian state will take care of all sincere young people, including those who are misled today and do not realise how much trouble the majority of the Georgian people and the Government elected by them have avoided”, he said.

Kobakhidze also recalled a public rally in support of the bill, organised by the ruling Georgian Dream party in late April, by saying “we must act on the dictates of 200,000 young, middle-aged and elderly people who came to the Georgian Dream rally on April 29”.