Pipia pointed to the revolutionary nature of the protests in Georgia provoked by the West

The protests in Georgia, which arose on the grounds of the suspension of negotiations on European integration, have a revolutionary character imposed by Western interference. Mamuka Pipia, international secretary of the Solidarity for Peace party, told Izvestia on November 29.

"What is happening on the streets now is precisely the work of all these non-governmental organizations and our so-called European partners. People have taken to the streets aggressively, people are demanding revolution, and I think that the authorities will give a worthy response," he commented.

Pipia is convinced that the West will resort to different mechanisms to overthrow the current government.

"We need full consolidation and protection of our votes. There are 1.3 million of them practically. We must protect our votes and not listen to anyone from outside," he urged.

According to him, the West is brazenly interfering in Georgia's internal political processes using double standards. Meanwhile, the expert is convinced that it is economically more profitable for the country to cooperate with its neighbors: Russia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iran and Armenia, rather than strive for European integration to the detriment of its own interests.

"We are not interrupting trade relations with Europe or America, nor with China or Japan. We are simply focused on our neighbors and will deepen and further accelerate these trade and economic ties <...> the BRICS format awaits us, and our interests are just here, in these formats," Pipia said.

Jump to retreat: EU ready to unfreeze Georgia's European integration process

But Tbilisi has decided to pause the issue until 2028

Earlier, on November 28, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that the ruling Georgian Dream party decided to suspend discussions with the EU on Georgia's accession to the association until 2028. After this announcement, protests began in the city, the Georgian opposition went to rallies to the walls of the Parliament.

Before that, on November 18, it was reported that the EU foreign ministers agreed to redirect €120 million of aid intended for the authorities to "support civil society". In addition, a political mission will be sent to Georgia to study what happened in the country, referring to the situation around the parliamentary elections held in the republic.

On May 14, the Georgian parliament adopted the law on foreign agents in the third and final reading. The country's President Salome Zurabishvili later said that she intended to veto the adopted bill. The situation around the law provoked a wave of protests.

The EC and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said in a joint statement that the adoption of the law on foreign agents by the Georgian authorities would have a negative impact on the country's integration into the European Union.