On July 31, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze reiterated his calls for EU institutions and the "European bureaucracy" to engage in dialogue with Georgian authorities. Kobakhidze complained about a lack of engagement from Brussels, stating there was "zero communication" and accusing the EU of using outdated correspondence methods. "Instead of dialogue, Brussels sends telegrams," he remarked, calling it a "Soviet approach" and comparing the EU to the USSR by saying, "This is how telegrams were once sent from Soviet Moscow to Georgia."

When asked about the EU's recommendation that Georgia uphold fundamental rights, Kobakhidze dismissed any link to recent controversial legislation passed by his government. He then accused EU and US representatives of hypocrisy on human rights, stating, "I want to remind the European bureaucracy of one thing: their ambassador was inciting the violence that we saw in the Tbilisi streets." He made a similar accusation against the former American ambassador. Kobakhidze insisted that under such circumstances, any discussion from them about law enforcement assaulting protesters is "absolutely misplaced," adding, "They don’t have the moral right." He concluded that the “European bureaucracy has no right to talk about violence... when the violence both in spring 2023 and in spring 2024 was incited by them.”