Visa liberalization will not be canceled – this [resolution] is pinching by several MEPs who are angry with the Georgian people, – the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, told reporters while talking about the resolution of the European Parliament.
He claimed that the resolution is an attack on the Georgian people and has no force.
“The MEPs themselves are in the governing council. For example, the European Endowment for Democracy is the fund that quietly finances the romanticization of “Molotov cocktails” in Georgia, which quietly finances parties in Georgia, and it is precisely in their interest that these costs remain covered. They are trying to use their opportunity in the European Parliament to attack the Georgian people.
“Therefore, it is precisely the use of resolutions as a weapon. Of course, this resolution has no force, except that it is an attack on the Georgian people and once again they showed their own face, their attitude towards the Georgian people.
“It is also written there that Mikheil Saakashvili should be released. Many things are written there. Nothing threatens the population of Georgia. Visa liberalization will not be canceled. This is pinching by several MEPs who are angry with the Georgian people. Their mandate will expire in a few weeks. The elections are in June, so this is the last fight to verbally attack the Georgian people, nothing else,” said Shalva Papuashvili.
For information, today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution regarding the draft law on “transparency of foreign influence”, condemning the Foreign Agents bill with 425 votes in favor, 25 against and 30 abstentions.
The joint resolution is based on the five draft resolutions proposed by MEPs on April 22 and encompasses five amendments, including the ones calling for sanctions against the Honorary Chairman of Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, and the withdrawal of the proposed anti-LGBTQ+ Constitutional amendments.
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