Mamuka Mdinaradze: the opposition considers the suspension of visa liberalization as a lifeline to allow the situation in Georgia to boil before the inauguration of the US president - the suspension of visa liberalization is out of the question

They [the opposition] consider the suspension of visa liberalization as a lifeline to allow the situation to become difficult in Georgia before the inauguration of the US President, this is served by the demand to start a conversation, - the leader of the parliamentary majority, Mamuka Mdinaradze, stated this at a briefing held at the "Georgian Dream" office, thus responding to the 16- On December 17, the European Union's foreign affairs meetings, where Suspension of visa liberalization for Georgia by the European Union should be considered, as Mdinaradze noted, "suspension of visa liberalization for Georgia is out of the question".

"Raising the issue of visa liberalization is so speculative that, apart from the version that exists, there is no other basis for it. This version consists in the fact that representatives of the "National Agency" from Georgia insist that no lifeline, neither Zelenskyy's sanctions, nor the suspension of strategic partnership by the USA is important and valuable, how valuable it can be - even starting a conversation about suspending visa liberalization. They know that there are 4 legal bases, none of which exist in nature, of course, there are none in relation to Georgia, there was no such precedent, because there was no precedent, even if there was a legal precedent, they would not have allowed it, and in this case these 4 legal grounds There is none of the basis ie. Suspension of visa liberalization is out of the question.

But nothing stands in the way of starting the conversation and the issue, and they [the opposition] consider this as a lifeline, so that they have time to create difficult situation in Georgia before the inauguration of the USA President, this is served by the request to start the conversation. Accordingly, everyone realizes how speculative it is," said Mdinaradze.

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