Speaker of the Georgian Parliament: The European Parliament Has Openly Attacked Our Church
In Tbilisi, resolutions of European institutions were called a gross violation of national sovereignty.
Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili stated that the documents of the European Parliament and PACE have definitively crossed the "red lines" established by the Georgian people. According to him, the creation of such a "dangerous precedent" gives grounds to believe that European structures were deliberately laying the groundwork for such actions. This was reported by Orthodoxia News Agency.
"The mention of the Church in the report in the context of Russian religious networks of influence constitutes the first open attack by an official European institution and offends the feelings of millions of believers," Papuashvili emphasized.
The politician is convinced that the simultaneous blow to the authority of religious institutions and the independence of the state is aimed at destroying the foundations of the nation. "The attack on the sovereignty of the Georgian state and the Church is, in essence, an attack on the very idea of Georgian statehood," declared the head of the legislative body.
In this regard, he demanded that the European Union cease its "hostile rhetoric" and halt the disinformation campaign against the country's government. Papuashvili drew attention to the fact that Brussels' position on this matter effectively coincides with the occupation policy.
"While Russia denies Georgia's sovereignty over one fifth of its territory, the European Parliament in its report refuses to recognize the country's sovereignty over its entire territory," the speaker concluded.
As the UOJ reported, the European Union congratulated Patriarch Shio III on his election to the throne.
