Georgia has stated that the EU has no grounds for suspending the visa-free regime.

Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili said that the European Union (EU) has no legal grounds for suspending the visa-free regime with the republic. She said this on September 16 in an interview with the First Channel of the Georgian Public Broadcaster.

Earlier, the European Commission announced the consideration of possible sanctions against Georgia and the study of the abolition of the visa-free regime.

"There are no legal grounds for this today. The Georgian government has always done everything in good faith and is doing everything to ensure that citizens enjoy this benefit," Bochorishvili stressed.

She noted that the visa-free regime with the EU and the Schengen area is the merit of the Georgian authorities.

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