FM: unfortunate to see fellow politicians actively fighting against Georgian state

Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili, who previously served as Chair of the European Integration Committee in the previous convocation of the Parliament, delivered remarks during a session of the temporary parliamentary investigative commission. The commission was convened to examine actions by certain politicians from 2012 to 2025 that might have undermined Georgia’s foreign policy objectives.
In her remarks, Botchorishvili reflected on the last four years, describing them as a period when threats and challenges facing Georgia became particularly visible.

She emphasised the importance of this time in understanding who truly contributed to the country’s security and Euro-Atlantic integration.

“The relationship with the European Union and that experience is particularly politically interesting, especially in the context we are discussing today. Perhaps it was my past experience that led me, as a member of the Parliament, to hold the position of Chair of the Committee on European Integration. For four years, I had had the opportunity to contribute, first and foremost, to the security of this country, and also to its European integration”, the Minister noted.

“These four years were very important and interesting, especially because of the experience through which the threats and challenges facing our country became clearly visible - threats that have always existed, but became even more apparent during this time. It became quite clear what processes are taking place in relation to Georgia and who is doing what in this process”, Botchorishvili said.

She called it unfortunate that some colleagues, who are also called Georgian politicians, are fiercely fighting against the Georgian state.

According to Bochorishvili, the actions of opposition representatives have never been in favour of Georgia.

“It is unfortunate, on the one hand, when you see that your own colleagues, the people sitting next to you, who were also called Georgian politicians, are deeply engaged in fighting against the state”, Botchorishvili concluded.