Georgian prime minister accuses former US ambassador of revolution attempts support in Georgia

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze accused former U.S. Ambassador to Georgia Kelly C. Degnan of having supported revolution attempts in Georgia in 2023. Kobakhidze made an X post on this after his conversation with Counselor of the U.S. Department of State Derek Chollet.

“Spoke to Mr. Chollet and expressed my sincere disappointment with the two revolution attempts of 2020-2023 supported by the former US Ambassador and those carried out through NGOs financed from external sources. Had these attempts been successful, the second front line would have been opened in Georgia.

Besides, I explained to Mr. Chollet that false statements made by the officials of the US State Department  about the transparency bill and street rallies remind us of similar false statements made by the former US Ambassador in 2020-2023, which served to the facilitation of violence from foreign funded actors and to the support of revolutionary processes back then.

Also, I clarified to Mr. Chollet that it requires a special effort to restart the relations against this background, which is impossible without a fair and honest approach.

I have not expressed my concerns with Mr. Chollet about a brutal crackdown of the students’ protest rally in New York City,” Kobakhidze wrote.