The decision made by the EU in the summer to refrain from granting Georgia candidate status was discriminatory. Such a statement made Hungarian Prime Minister at the joint briefing with the Prime Minister of Georgia.

“Another issue we touched upon was Georgia’s spirit and desire to join the European Union. We all know that a very bad decision was made in Brussels, I would say that this decision was discriminatory, when the candidate status was granted to Moldova and Ukraine, and not to Georgia.

This cannot be morally justified either. This is a bad decision. Our guest and his country deserve the candidate status because he has been working very hard in recent years. This decision was disrespectful to Georgia - to the Georgian nation, the Georgian state.

What will we do?! We will continue to support Georgia to get candidate status and join the EU as soon as possible. We can do this with expert help. 16 Hungarians are working on Georgian issues within the EU, and we are doing our best to start negotiations in this direction soon”, - said Viktor Orbán.