"This is a very big step towards freedom. I was with my friend, Zurab Zhvania, when he said the historical phrase - " I am Georgian and therefore I am European. " When we played the European anthem after the Rose Revolution and raised the European flag. Many people in Georgia and outside it borders were laughing at me, but it was my fundamental belief that Georgia would begin to move toward the European integration process and formally it has started after 2006,"- said Mikheil Saakashvili.

In his opinion, this decision will help the youth . He states that no one should arrogate this rapprochement .
"This is Georgian people"s will and victory. Of course, I was sure, from the first day that it would happen, that Georgia would be united, Georgia will regain its control over its territories, and of course, Georgia will get rid from this misunderstanding, informal rule of Russian oligarch,"- He said.