I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

Corruption has its own motivations, and one has to thoroughly study that phenomenon and eliminate the foundations that allow corruption to exist.

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.

I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.

But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources.