Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Friday criticized the United States Senator James Risch for his latest remarks against the Georgian Dream authorities, describing the tone of American congressional discourse on Georgian issues the previous day as “disturbing” and “disappointing”.
In his press briefing at the Government office, the PM reacted to the session at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday following the Georgian Government’s adoption of the law on transparency of foreign influence earlier this year, where the Senator “hoped” Georgian voters would “get an opportunity in October elections to throw the rascals out and take a hold of their own future”.
"Today, we see a decrease in the quality of culture in this most important and still very valuable US institution, which is very disturbing and personally heartbreaking for me”, Kobakhidze said, adding “such a level of incivility should not be demonstrated by people in the American Congress”
Addressing Senator Risch, the PM claimed the American lawmaker had “always supported” the United National Movement, the previous ruling force defeated by GD in the 2012 Parliamentary elections.
"Risch came to support UNM in 2012 and has been an ardent supporter since. However, Bidzina Ivanishvili [the GD Honorary Chair and its founder] did not give him or his allies a chance. They had to accept the results of the elections like their friend Mikheil Saakashvili [the former President]”, Kobakhidze said.
