I will lead the pro-European front in these elections, which will be some kind of a referendum - not with my direct involvement in the elections, but I will be the guarantor for the front of these pro-Western and pro-European political parties and civil society. Such a statement the President of Georgia made in an interview with CNN.

“The methods are very similar [with Ukraine], because this is how Russia behaves and this is how the governments that are close to Russia behave, but we are in very different situations.

We have gone through our Maidan much earlier, we have gone through similar protests, we are further along the road. Here is a population that has gone through many ordeals and resisted with a very peaceful demonstration.

We have elections, I will lead the pro-European front in these elections, which will be some kind of a referendum - not with my direct involvement in the elections, but I will be the guarantor for the front of these pro-Western and pro-European political parties and civil society. Because what is very important - we have a very mature civil society, we have very determined young people, which we could see in these 3 weeks - how mature the population is here and how committed they are to maintaining their European way, without breaking a window or burning a car, which often happens in a number of countries”, - said Salome Zourabichvili.