Mikheil Saakashvili said Strasbourg was particularly important him, since it was here, as in intern at the Council of Europe, that he had first learned about the human rights principles he was now able to help apply in his own country.
Svinīgā sēdē uzrunājot deputātus, viņš aicināja ES dalībvalstis palīdzēt pārvarēt grūtības, ar ko Gruzija saskaras pašlaik, un novērtēt valsts straujo attīstību pēdējos trīs gados.