Mikheil Kavelashvili's trip to Iran will not affect relations with the US - Tengiz Sharmanashvili

According to the statement of the member of the parliamentary majority, Tengiz Sharmanashvili, the attendance of the President of Georgia, Mikheil Kavelashvili, at the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran will not affect relations with the US.

Sharmanashvili responded to the critical statement of the US Congressman Joe Wilson and noted that if visiting Iran makes someone an "enemy of America", then the same assessment should be applied to the leaders of other countries.

"Joe Wilson made a shameful statement. Whoever goes there is an enemy of America? Then write a list of America's special enemies - the President of Armenia, the leadership of Azerbaijan, they are special enemies. You can also include Georgia. Don't talk to me about a stupid person. If everyone who goes there is an enemy of America, America should declare that everyone we have listed is an enemy of the United States.

We are not waiting for anyone, we are taking steps and there will be a reset with America. Arika, if it doesn't happen tomorrow morning, so the agency thinks, if someone from abroad doesn't contact us, they might go crazy. We are doing our job purposefully. Everything will happen when it is possible.

We are going to the Iranian people, just as the leadership of Armenia and Azerbaijan is going to the Iranian people. Those who signed the agreement with Trump, those people are going to Iran. This cannot but affect relations with the United States. "We used to visit our neighbors for condolences, we will visit them now, and if necessary, we will not back down in the future. The US knew about this and took those steps after the Georgian Prime Minister visited for condolences on another occasion. If they call themselves the opposition here, that is not how those people who plan domestic and foreign policy in the US think. There are fewer serious people there than these people," said Tengiz Sharmanashvili.

US Congressman Joe Wilson wrote on social media that the biggest haters of America from different countries of the world are gathering for the funeral of dictator Khamenei.

According to the Georgian Presidential Administration, Mikheil Kavelashvili will attend the funeral of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Iran along with the leaders of Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia and other countries.