"I do not plan to restore relations with Saakashvili, but I will not smash a stick over his head if he meets me the in street," Chairwoman of the Democratic Movement-United Georgia party told a journalist who asked her if she intends to restore the relations with the ex-president.
Burjanadze also stressed that Saakashvili presides over the party supported by a large section of the public, and she cannot simply ignore this. However, in Burjanadze's words, she has never supported Saakashvili's nomination as prime minister.