The Georgian Parliament has approved a new list of parliamentary friendship groups but none of its members volunteered to join the groups for Lithuania, Latvia, or Estonia.
Despite a formal decision to establish ties with all three Baltic legislatures, the groups remain empty. Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili pointed to what he called the Baltic states’ ‘unfriendly policy’ toward Georgia as the reason for the lack of participation.
“We hope that the parliaments of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia will return to a friendly policy toward the Georgian people,” said Papuashvili. “That would allow us to move forward with forming the relevant friendship groups.”
He stressed that while the groups were structurally created by parliamentary resolution, no MPs expressed willingness to engage. “As long as the parliaments of these three countries maintain an unfriendly stance toward Georgia, it is difficult to expect enthusiasm from Georgian MPs to engage in these formats.”
