Now, the entire world community recognizes Georgia. We are members of the United Nations and the Council of Europe. Everything is being prepared so that we will soon enter the European Union.
We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.
Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.
The external world is committed to helping Georgia settle its problems.
But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.
No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities.
Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.
I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
As for myself, I was never against Russia.
I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.
