From the very first day I said that I would veto this law and I will veto it, President of Georgia stated in a video address from New York, US.

“I’m speaking to those of you who are standing on Rustaveli this evening, as I have done many times myself. I’m standing in New York, and the Statue of Liberty is behind me. Georgia has long fought for this symbol.

That is why we have come to this day, and I’m by your side because you represent free Georgia today. Georgia sees its future in Europe and will let no one take it away. This future belongs to the next generations and all of us.

This is the future that past generations have been preparing for and that we are preparing for. Therefore, no one has the right to take your future away.

No one has the right to set up traps. This bill, which no one needs and which comes from nowhere except dictated by Russia”, - said Salome Zourabichvili.