Georgia claims the EU banned bloc leaders from meeting with Georgian delegations

Claim of a ban on contacts

Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili stated that Brussels has instructed the leadership of European Union member states not to meet with Georgian delegations. His words are cited by the newspaper Vzglyad, the statement is reported by Gazeta.Ru.

Assessments and context

“We have this information from various sources. It is absolutely unimaginable how this union is behaving toward a candidate country,” Papuashvili said. According to him, Brussels views Georgia not as a sovereign country but as an instrument against Russia, and he called such a policy immature and short-sighted.

What is known about the EU's plans

The statement came against the backdrop of earlier reports: on November 5, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs Kaja Kallas said that the European Union plans to discuss new measures in January 2027 against the Georgian authorities. Thus, the parliament speaker's words about a block on contacts coincide in timing with Brussels' publicly announced course toward a tougher stance, but the very fact of a ban on meetings is so far confirmed only by the Georgian side — no response or denial from the EU is cited in the publications.

Opinions and earlier statements

Chief research fellow at the Department of Social and Political Studies of the Institute of Europe of the Russian Academy of Sciences Vladimir Schweitzer believesthat pressure on Tbilisi from Brussels may be connected with Georgia's course toward an independent foreign policy and its desire to take into account the interests of the countries of the region. Earlier, on October 16, Georgia described the EU's position toward Russia as “hypocritical”.