According to the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Theodoros Roussopoulos, participation in the Assembly is mandatory for the Georgian delegation, not a choice. As reported by Civil.ge, Theodoros Roussopoulos made this statement in an interview with journalists.

"The Parliamentary Assembly is not a partial agreement, but a statutory body participation in which is not a choice, but it is an obligation,” the PACE President told journalists today, January 31. He added, “Since the credentials were accepted, they have to be in the Assembly. This is their obligation," stated the President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.