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IRAKLI ALASANSIA: We believe -- at the beginning I want to make sure that everybody understands -- that no matter we have some very fundamental differences, with the government and inside society, who is the best political force to lead my country, we don't have any disagreements, internally, about where Georgia belongs. We truly believe that Georgia has to be a part of the European security architecture. I believe the foreign policy that was dedicated to integrate Georgia more closely to the Euro-Atlantic community, has to be adhered, has to be followed, and certainly we all do agree that the existing threat, especially from the occupied forces in Georgia has to be viewed in a prism that the only way we can deal with this is through the unified society.

So we don't have any questions, internally, about Georgia's future as a viable democratic and independent state. But, of course, there are a lot of discussions and debates internally now in Georgia about why we ended up in such a political crisis. What can be done to bridge the differences that we have with the government and inside the polarized society about how we proceed from here?

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