"NGOs" did not operate even under a relatively softer law, many of them refrained from registering - we can freely expand the legislation related to the transparency of NGOs, said Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to journalists.

As Kobakhidze explained, "the best option is to directly copy the American FARA law for our reality."

"For several years now, especially in the last 2 years, we have been talking about the problems that the new U.S. government has now openly acknowledged. It is a direct recognition that foreign funding, specifically American funding, has been used in various countries, including Georgia, to organize revolutions and unrest. Foreign-funded NGOs play a crucial role in this. Since everything is out in the open and only the Georgian government has not spoken about this very serious issue, we can freely expand the legislation related to NGO transparency.

In this case, we believe that the best option is to directly copy the American FARA law for our reality. The rest, of course, is a subject of discussion. Of course, NGOs did not operate even under a relatively softer law. Many NGOs, including very wealthy ones, refrained from registering, and this had very specific reasons. Specifically, they did not want to present their revolutionary projects to the Georgian public, but we have our national task. It is the protection of sovereignty. No one should have the right to attempt a change of government in this country through foreign funding of NGOs against the will of the people. Therefore, we will fully protect Georgia's national interests, and this is what the adoption of a law similar to the American FARA law in our country serves," said Irakli Kobakhidze.