საინფორმაციო სააგენტო ინტერპრესნიუსი

The role of the Council of Europe is not only to be in touch, but also to improve these ties - this was the goal of this meeting [with Irakli Kobakhidze], - Alain Berset, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, told journalists after his meeting with the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze.

Protesters on Rustaveli Avenue near the Georgian Parliament have blocked the road.

Cooperation with the Council of Europe is important for us and it must be said that we actively use all formats - we have difficulties with PACE, where those well-known decisions were made, and with the Venice Commission, which does not respect legal principles at all, - the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, said regarding the meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Alain Berset.

A protest is underway near the Georgian Parliament.

When Tea Tsulukiani speaks about the fact that this war could have been avoided for the country and that it was possible for our heroes to be alive and take care of their families, this is simply a statement of fact and a statement of the objective reality we are dealing with - if it were not for the order that Saakashvili's regime received and carried out, there would have naturally be neither war nor victims, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists about Tea Tsulukiani's statement regarding Giorgi Antsukhelidze.

We need to sanction Kremlin-backed oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, - this is how British MP James McCleary responds to the UK government’s imposition of sanctions against four Georgian officials.

I had a productive meeting with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Alain Berset, within the framework of the Antalya Diplomacy Forum, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze writes about this on the social network X.

What do you want, why are you shaking Georgia like this? When the elections were over, many family members of those allegedly arrested came out to protest. Should you protest the government, or the people who refused to enter parliament after the elections? - Archbishop Iacob of Bodbe stated in his sermon.

“Antsukhelidze is immortal” - this is the slogan of the rally underway in front of the Georgian Parliament.

Tea Tsulukiani's statement was completely misinterpreted by society, because the goal of these groups, the radicals, is to somehow discredit the temporary investigative commission, although they see that this will not work, - Givi Mikanadze, a member of the parliamentary majority, told journalists, responding to the assessments made about Tea Tsulukiani's statement regarding Giorgi Antsukhelidze.

Hungary and Georgia share a strong strategic partnership, - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán wrote on the social platform X after a meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze in Antalya.

At the meeting with the Prime Minister of Hungary, we emphasized the importance of deepening our bilateral cooperation, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze writes on the social network X.

„Georgian Dream“ has disseminated false information, wrongly suggesting that Zaza Okuashvili was defeated by Bidzina

“Why isn’t Antsukhelidze at home? – This question should be asked to Putin, not to Georgia! Tea Tsulukiani insulted: Georgian hero! - Giorgi Vashadze, leader of Strategy Builder, stated.

Yesterday’s decision of the management is illegal, biased, unfair, unprofessional. This is a decision made by people in the service of the regime. Under normal circumstances, on the contrary, the management of the Public Broadcaster should be proud of these employees, whom they sacrificed and treated so shamelessly, - Lika Basilaia, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Public Broadcaster, stated, together with other members, in front of the old building of the Public Broadcaster, when responding to the dismissal of journalists Nino Zautashvili and Vasil-Ivanov Chikovani.

Another protest rally has been planned in front of the parliament today due to the statement made by Georgian Dream member Tea Tsulukiani regarding Giorgi Antsukhelidze.

When you publicly declare a national hero “senselessly doomed”, isn’t this a crime before the law and the constitution and tantamount to treason? - the fifth president, Salome Zurabishvili, said in response to the statement of the member of Georgian Dream, Tea Tsulukiani, regarding the hero of the August War, Giorgi Antsukhelidze.

Street terror incited by donors and organized by NGOs is at its peak of abomination - after the violence of April 9, today, at 2 am, Georgian Rodionovs rushed to the house of Tea Tsulukiani, where her family lives with a young child, - the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili writes.

We saw a different anatomy of betrayal today! A betrayal that history does not remember! - this is how Mamuka Khazaradze, the leader of Lelo - Strong Georgia, responded to the statement of the chairwoman of the temporary investigative commission of the parliament, Tea Tsulukiani, on the social network.

Why didn't Zaza Gogava evacuate the civilians, did someone order him to do it? - I think he was ordered to do it, Saakashvili's goal was not to evacuate civilians from there because then he would not be able to stand at the podium and say, "Look, people, look at how evil Russia is, as if we need to explain who Russia is," Tea Tsulukiani, the chairwoman of the temporary investigative commission of the parliament, said on the Public Broadcaster.

UK and other OSCE participating States express concern over the deteriorating human rights situation and call on Georgia to open an inclusive dialogue with political parties, civil society and the OSCE institutions.