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Irakli Kobakhidze: The UK must first apologize for the public broadcaster’s falsehoods

09 December 2025 15:46 (UTC +04:00)

The United Kingdom must first apologize for the falsehoods of the public broadcaster. This is the first thing the UK owes, Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze said, responding to the statement made by the British Ambassador to Georgia during a meeting with students, in which she said that “political relations between the two countries have been damaged because of anti-democratic pressure on the opposition and civil society in Georgia,” APA reports, citing INTERPRESSNEWS.

Kobakhidze added that the Georgian government will appeal to the UK regulator, and if necessary, to the courts, and will use all legal means to compel the BBC to apologize.

“The United Kingdom must first apologize for the falsehoods spread by the public broadcaster. This is the first thing the UK owes, because the BBC is a public broadcaster, directly funded by public channels. Therefore, the first step the UK must take is to apologize for the fake story they aired. We saw that they created a scandal - it was an absolutely artificial attempt, entirely based on falsehoods.