"It is clear that Europe has a very strict approach, we told them, our colleagues and partners, that we cannot follow you in this policy. I repeat again, we are neither a NATO member country nor an EU member country, we are half occupied, 20% is occupied , the Russian army is standing on our territory, we have a direct border with Russia and we have our own challenges. Stop thinking and working on the interests of other countries, they will look after their own interests. [...] Europe paid 300 billion dollars to Russia last year, cover it, tell people that not only Georgia trades with Russia, with 1 billion dollars a year, but Europe paid 300 billion dollars to Russia last year, during the war. The same for America, I told you that they will not stop trading on the products they need, they have not stopped. [...] They reduced it but it didn't stop, I don't care, I care about our country, the interests of our country, I repeat again, how come that our war is not a war and Ukraine's war is a war?!"
Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili said.