"I want to remind everyone that Georgia is just as sovereign a state as the United Kingdom, or any other European or non-European country. Therefore, everyone should show the same respect to our state as they do to their own, or to other nations with which they cooperate", - said Irakli Kobakhidze.

Addressing recent debates over legislation previously branded as the "Russian law", he emphasised that the measure in question merely required annual declarations from NGOs, with only light administrative and financial sanctions for non-compliance: "At the same time, other countries are adopting much stricter laws in the same direction, but for them, this is acceptable. Of course, this is a double standard".