Provocative tone is adversely affecting our bilateral relations. Such a statement made today the President of Georgia while commenting the recent statement of Mikheil Saakashvili, the Head of the Executive committee of the Ukrainian National Reforms Council.

“We all know how important our partnership with Ukraine is, a country with which we share a common past and a common road to Euro-Atlantic integration. Any attempt to weaken this partnership at a time when the EU is to review the Eastern Partnership, the place of the associated members and their future when designing the whole general future of EU relation with its partners will only weaken our two countries, Georgia and Ukraine’s influence in this very decisive debate at a very important time.

The provocative tone towards the Georgian government, including characterising the government as illegitimate, coming from Saakashvili, is adversely affecting our bilateral relations”, - said Salome Zourabichvili.