Zelensky was talking about reconsidering joining NATO, if he has the right to talk about it, why don't we - Kobakhidze

Chairman of "Georgian Dream", Irakli Kobakhidze, also repeats that one of the reasons for the start of the war was Ukraine's desire to join NATO. According to him, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, was also talking about reconsidering joining NATO.

"To this day, I do not understand at all what was the basis of this hype, this hype itself was so absurd. What was the basis of it, I really do not understand at all to this day. There are cases when I understand that you are speculating and they may have some excuse for it, I don't even see an excuse here. The fact was simply stated. You remember that in March of last year, 2 weeks after the start of the war, Zelensky talked about reconsidering joining NATO, based on the fact that the reason for the start of the war for Russia was Ukraine's desire to join NATO. We have no right to talk about it when Zelensky is talking about all this. From this it can be seen that these are some speculations out of nowhere," said Kobakhidze.

Gharibashvili made another anti-Western and pro-Russian statement at the thematic discussion held within the framework of the Global Security Forum (GLOBSEC). According to him, one of the reasons for the start of the war in Ukraine was Ukraine's intention to become a member of NATO. Gharibashvili's statements were criticized by his partners.