Georgian PM claims “different attitude” towards Moldova, Georgia on part of European Union

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Thursday claimed there was a “different attitude” towards Moldova and Georgia on the part of the European Union.

In his remarks on the sidelines of the ongoing European Political Community Summit in Budapest, Kobakhidze claimed Moldova was a country where only 45 percent of citizens was “directly” supporting EU integration, and further pointed out that “Moldova has not imposed sanctions [on Russia] like Georgia”.

“You can see that there is a different attitude towards Moldova and there is a different attitude towards Georgia. This is a clear injustice”, the PM said.

If anywhere there were problems with elections, it was Moldova. You know how the elections were conducted [there]. When you lose elections in your country, you should no longer speak boldly. The problem is double standards and injustice”, he continued.

He further claimed that the unspecified group had sought to bring back to power in Georgia the forces that “tortured, killed people, and seized businesses until 2012”, in reference to the United National Movement party.

There have been serious influences on the official bodies in Europe and the United States, and I think that with the election of Donald Trump, these influences will also be significantly weakened, they will not disappear, but I hope they will be significantly weakened”, Kobakhidze continued.

The PM added that the ballot boxes in the Moldovan presidential elections held last Sunday were “transparent”, with ballots being thrown into the boxes without envelopes and the secrecy of vote not being ensured at all, and further pointed out “do you remember anyone's statement regarding this?”