Ukrainian foreign minister: 'Georgia’s poor progress towards EU membership is caused in Tbilisi, not Kyiv'
Statement by Andrii Sybiha
Ukraine’s foreign minister, Andrii Sybiha, wrote on X that Georgia’s poor progress towards EU membership is due to issues in Tbilisi, not Kyiv.
“The Georgian side should not be upset by its own reflection. All the reasons for Georgia’s weak progress towards EU membership lie in Tbilisi, not Kyiv.
As for Ukraine, we only wish the friendly Georgian people one thing: that they ultimately achieve their European aspirations, despite the policies of the current government.
Georgia is Europe, not the ‘Russian world’,” Sybiha wrote.
Background
Ukraine’s foreign minister shared on social media an article from Liga.net titled “Georgia accuses Ukraine of allegedly blocking its EU membership,” which quotes Maka Bochorishvili, Georgia’s foreign minister from the Georgian Dream party.
“The process of Georgia’s integration into the European Union and its bid for candidate status was accompanied, in some ways, by negative actions from Ukraine – aimed at preventing Georgia from achieving this status. We saw firsthand the campaigns carried out in 2022–2023… Ukraine opposed Georgia’s EU integration in various forms. This happened openly, and we all know about it,” Bochorishvili told journalists.
According to the European Commission’s 2025 enlargement report, Georgia’s position in the EU integration process has deteriorated significantly over the past year. The report notes that government decisions have effectively stalled the country’s accession process.
EU Enlargement Commissioner Marta Kos said Georgia received the lowest final rating in the history of candidate countries.
Statement by Andrii Sybiha
