Pavel Zarifullin: "Turkey will never be part of the EU"
27 January 2014 - 9:14am
Yesterday, in his interview to CNBC at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Irakli Garibashvili, Georgian Prime Minister, commented on the events in Ukraine. He related the Euromaidan with the political pressure of Russia and emphasized that Georgia is expecting a provocation from Russia. Pavel Zarifullin, Director of the Lev Gumilev Center, told Vestnik Kavkaza about the European aspirations of Georgia, Armenia and Turkey.
What is the European view on efforts by the new Georgian government to meet democratic standards of the European Union?
The view has been being formed for decades. It didn’t come from nowhere; Georgia is perceived as a freedom-loving, fair state which resists the mammoth from the north, a David against the awful Russian Goliath. Of course, it is idealized in Europeans’ eyes that everything is wonderful there, that the people have accepted true values of freedom and democracy and finally will be an example for all nations of Asia in building a state without corruption and totalitarianism. The views on Georgia are very idealistic.
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