Kobakhidze Participates in EPC Summit in Copenhagen

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze is attending the seventh European Political Community (EPC) summit in Copenhagen, which started on October 2. He is accompanied by GD Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili and GD government administration head Levan Zhorzholiani.

Kobakhidze also attended the previous EPC summit in Tirana in May. The Georgian Dream government, however, remains largely isolated from the West after the disputed October 2024 parliamentary elections and the subsequent repression that followed the party’s November decision to halt EU accession, The Caspian Post reports citing Civil Georgia.

Before the start of the summit in Copenhagen, the Danish Embassy, citing the Danish Foreign Ministry, told Civil.ge that the “EPC framework does not replace existing EU positions and policies concerning Georgia,” stressing, “The EU and Denmark have at multiple occasions expressed our concern over the deteriorating situation in Georgia.” The Danish Embassy emphasized that the EPC is “not an EU-format meeting,” but rather a “broader European forum for political and strategic dialogue.”

“Denmark continues the participation format set by the previous six host countries of the European EPC meetings, including the last meeting in Albania in May 2025,” the Embassy further said, “Accordingly, Georgia has been invited to the EPC in Copenhagen.”

On October 1, Kobakhidze attended a reception hosted by the King and the Queen of Denmark for the EPC summit participating leaders. The GD government released a photo of Irakli Kobakhidze with King Frederik X and Queen Mary Elizabeth, who welcomed the summit leaders at Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen.

Speaking to Georgian reporters on October 2, Irakli Kobakhidze said the delegation “had a chance to speak to several leaders” during the previous night’s dinner. “Everywhere, we talk about our national interests, about our views on how we should move forward in the direction of European integration, which is one of the key priorities of our foreign policy,” he added.