Today, we agreed on the need to suspend the visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic passports. This was stated by the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Kaja Kallas, at a press conference held in Brussels after the meeting of EU Foreign Ministers.
According to her, the situation is not developing in a positive direction for the Georgian people, in response to which the European Union has already reduced political contacts and the European Commission will submit a proposal to suspend the visa-free regime for holders of Georgian diplomatic passports this year.
“The situation is not developing in a positive direction for the Georgian people, democratic countries do not suppress opposition voices and do not restrict media freedom. In response, we have reduced political contacts and suspended funding for the government of Georgia. Today, we agreed on the need to suspend the visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic passports, and the Commission will submit a proposal this year. We also discussed the issue of imposing sanctions against those Georgian officials who are behind the violence against peaceful demonstrators,” said Kaja Kallas.
She also said that the EU will continue to stand by the Georgian people.
“In the future, we will continue to support the Georgian people, including by redirecting funding intended for the government to civil society and the Georgian people, to independent media, because the future of Georgia is up to the Georgian people,” the EU High Representative noted.
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