Dialogue with European countries and capitals intensifies. Such a statement Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs made in the interview with Imedi TV.

“To punish Georgia and completely sever it from the European Union would serve someone else’s interests far more than those of Brussels, the EU, or Europe itself. If this were to happen, it would be a punitive operation, but I trust that nothing of the sort will occur and that Brussels will give greater thought to what Europe actually needs from Georgia today.

We speak about this often, this need isn’t one-sided. It’s not simply that Georgia needs EU. The EU needs Georgia too. This has its own geopolitical explanations and reality. This reality must be acknowledged and understood in Brussels.

The attitude [of European Union] towards Georgia is genuinely not fair. This must change. The mutual needs that exist in relations between Georgia and the EU must be acknowledged.

Today, in the EU, some people don’t consider this policy of isolation successful, when Brussels refuses to speak to Tbilisi, thinking that we can achieve something this way. We can achieve nothing this way.

I’m sure that at some point this will change, and it must. You’ve probably noticed that dialogue with European countries has intensified recently, dialogue with European capitals. More and more countries and capitals will come to realize that one cannot conduct relations with Georgia in this manner, and naturally, I trust that more capitals will, to some extent, question the correctness of Brussels’ policy”, - said Maka Botchorishvili.