Should we hide and conduct these exercises like this? After all, Russia receives this information in any case - Kobakhidze

Why weren't media representatives allowed to attend this year's "Noble Partner" exercise? - To this question, the chairman of the ruling party, Irakli Kobakhidze, says that there is a war in the region this year, and this may have been the reason for changing the format.

"Any time an exercise is planned, it is coordinated with partners. It was certainly an agreement, nothing is decided unilaterally, the format is agreed upon with partners from beginning to end. A certain format was agreed upon, there may be security interests, etc.

This year we have a different situation, this year the state of war in the region, it may have led to a change in the format, which was implemented by agreement. The war that Russia is waging in Ukraine may have been a factor for the parties when they made that decision," Kobakhidze said.

Asked whether this was a continuation of the policy of non-provocation or whether it was in the interests of the Georgian Dream to keep Russia from finding out about the exercise, Kobakhidze answers: "Should we have hidden and held these exercises like this? Russia gets this information in any case".