This is interesting. As I read through the report below… it seems likely the EU commissioner probably did make some inappropriate suggestions or alluded to some potential unfavourable outcome befalling this person.
Keeping in mind the latest reporting regarding the attempted assassination of the Slovakian leader is not looking like a “lone wolf”
We know the name of the person from the EU- it’s included below
In what Kobakhidze called a “horrific threat,” the unnamed EU official had referred to a recent assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and told him to “be very careful”.
The Georgian prime minister did not disclose which Commissioner he was referring to. “For the purpose of prevention, I considered myself obliged to provide information about this threat to the Georgian society,” wrote Kobakhidze.
“The parallel drawn with the attempt to kill Robert Fico reminds us that in the form of a global war party, we are dealing with an extremely dangerous force that will do anything to bring chaos to Georgia,” he added.
According to the Georgian Dream (GD) party narrative, there is a ‘Global war party’, which for them refers to forces working to involve Georgia in Ukraine’s war with Russia and to open a ‘second front’ on Georgian territory.
There are forces looking to involve Georgia in the ongoing fight between Russia and Ukraine. If fact some Georgian persons openly protested on behalf of Ukraine. In Georgia. Western NGO’s have been present for a very long time in Georgia. And then there is the Georgia/Armenia axis and potential destabilization of Russia’s border
Georgian Dream politicians have over the past year used the narrative mostly to discredit Western politicians or civil society actors critical of the government’s actions, without naming who allegedly belongs to the named group.
In a statement published on Thursday evening,
Enlargement Commissioner Várhelyisaid his phone conversation with Kobakhidze had been “not just fully taken out of context but was alsopresented to the public in a way which could give rise to a complete misinterpretation of the originally intended aim of my phone call”.Várhelyi said he had attempted to warn Kobakhidze “not to enflame further the already fragile situation by adopting this law which could lead to further polarisation and to possible uncontrolled situations on the streets of Tbilisi”.
Attempted to warn Kobakhidze? By threatening him? Perhaps it was you know a “friendly warning”? A warning from a friend.? But, not received as such?
He also said he had reiterated the EU’s call for the controversial ‘foreign agent’ bill to be withdrawn.
Trippin’ down memory lane
Images that should still be accessible at the links showed pro Ukraine protestors/protests in Georgia- Yup, NYPost images from Georgia-