Georgian Parliament Speaker: neither EU bureaucrats nor foreign officials have denounced violence in Tbilisi

Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Sunday criticised foreign actors, including Brussels bureaucrats, for failing to condemn or distance themselves from the violent coup attempt, accusing them of tacitly supporting the unrest and spreading disinformation to undermine Georgia.

In his remarks, Papuashvili accused international media and foreign figures of spreading disinformation and provocative rhetoric, suggesting they anticipated and encouraged bloodshed, especially evident during coordinated statements supporting the attack on the Presidential Administration.

“It is symbolic that yesterday, these few thousand troublemakers waving foreign flags were defeated precisely on Freedom Square. After yesterday’s failed attempt at a state coup, we must not overlook from our sight the foreign propagandistic support that the attempt to overthrow the Government had”, Papuashvili said.

“Throughout the day, a stream of disinformation was constantly flowing from Georgia on international media platforms, while provocative calls were heard from abroad from people who, it is no longer in doubt, were rubbing their hands in anticipation of bloodshed. The culmination of this external support was seen parallel to the assault on the Georgian President’s residence, when coordinated statements appeared from faces already well-known to our society, to whom the role of external support for Maidanization was assigned”, he continued.

The Speaker condemned foreign entities for not only refusing to denounce the violence and criminal actions of the coup attempt but also for failing to distance themselves from it at any stage.

“Observe that neither before the preparation of the crime, nor during its course, nor after it, not a single foreigner, Brussels bureaucrat, or official from individual countries not only failed to condemn the violence and the crime, but did not even distance themselves from it. We heard only slogans supporting the crime and general, empty phrases about democracy and freedom, which appeared even more cynical against the backdrop of the mass crime that the whole world watched live”, he concluded.