Georgian PM threatened to take measures against EU ambassador
The Georgian authorities will take diplomatic measures if the European Union (EU) ambassador to Tbilisi Pavel Gerchinsky does not change his rhetoric and stop interfering in the internal affairs of the republic. This was stated by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze at a briefing on November 29.
The EU ambassador, he said, urged Georgians to vote for the opposition party and against the ruling one during the October 26 parliamentary elections.
"We avoided any steps as much as possible. <...> Although the blackmailing of our country and interference in the internal affairs of our country did not stop. <...> Then, of course, we abstained, although there is a limit to everything. If we do not see changes in behavior, then, of course, we will have to take concrete diplomatic steps," the Imedinews news agency quoted Kobakhidze as saying.
The prime minister emphasized that the first diplomatic reaction the government may have is to summon the ambassador to the Foreign Ministry of the republic.
Earlier in the day, protests continued in Tbilisi over the suspension of negotiations on European integration. The protesters oppose the decision to postpone negotiations with the European Union (EU).
On the eve, the ruling Georgian Dream party decided to suspend discussions with the EU on opening accession talks with the union until 2028. Kobakhidze stated this at a briefing.
On May 14, the Georgian parliament adopted the law on foreign agents in the third and final reading. The country's President Salome Zurabishvili later said that she intended to veto the adopted bill. The situation around the law provoked a wave of protests.
The EC and the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell said in a joint statement that the adoption of the law on foreign agents by the Georgian authorities would have a negative impact on the country's integration into the European Union.
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