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Brussels needs to be more flexible in EU membership talks, Georgia's PM tells Euronews
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06/02/2025
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Euronews that the country is still confident of obtaining European Union membership by 2030.
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Georgia's Prime Minister has said his country is ready to reignite EU accession talks if
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the bloc is prepared to change its attitude towards Tbilisi.
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In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Erakli Koba Kidze said European bureaucracy was getting
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in the way.
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Yes, so the current state of our relationships is not suitable for us.
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We are interested to have healthy relations with the European Union, which is not the
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case at this moment.
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But we are confident that it's not because of Georgia's policies.
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It's because of the European bureaucracy's policies towards Georgia.
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So if that policy changes, everything will be in a better shape.
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Back in November, Koba Kidze suspended accession talks with the EU after it accused his party
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of rigged parliamentary elections.
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Brussels said Russia had interfered in the October elections and called for an independent
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investigation into the matter.
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But Georgia's PM says their relationship with Moscow is purely pragmatic.
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We have no diplomatic relations and there is no space for restoring diplomatic relations
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because of the occupation of our two historic regions, and because of the recognition of
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the independence of Abkhazia and the Tskhinvali region.
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But we are running a pragmatic policy and that's the key content of our policy towards Russia.
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Just last week, the European Commission suspended visa-free travel for Georgian diplomats and
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officials in response to a violent crackdown on protesters.
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The full interview with the Georgian Prime Minister will be available this week exclusively
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on Euronews.
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