The Prime Minister’s visit to Washington with reservations is not the right attitude. Such a statement made today the Mayor of Tbilisi.

“We don’t want to break any relationship with anyone, we want justice - this is fundamentally important. Double standards are categorically unacceptable. Today, nobody engages in discrediting the West and even the US as much as such statements and those particular shameful MEPs who make such statements. It’s very hard on society because everyone sees a double standard. Today, it is impossible to hide something when something is acceptable for another country and you are forbidden to do it, it is not the right attitude when you are told that it is black on white, it is very hard. People are not stupid - they understand, see, analyze everything and draw the right conclusions.

We are ready for friendship and partnership, and we have repeatedly confirmed that Georgia is a reliable partner and a friendly country - this is our attitude, but can it not be unilateral? We want to see and feel the same from the other side. This is our simple attitude.

We don’t do anything special. We say about the mentioned bill, tell us why it is problematic and give at least one argument why transparency is against Europeanness and European values.

Do they oppose [the draft law] because the facts and specifics that we know should not be made public? Who finances extremism, revolution, attempted revolution, confrontation, polarization. On the one hand, they tell you to reduce polarization, on the other hand, these funds finance extremist organizations – it’s not nice, so everything should be transparent, people should know who is an enemy and who is a friend”, - said Kakha Kaladze.