We are ready to share our practice in combating foreign influence with the Council of Europe, - Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told journalists.

As the head of government noted, Georgia actually has one of the best experiences in combating foreign influence.

“We are glad that the Council of Europe has such an interest - Georgia actually has one of the best experiences in combating foreign influence, you know that the Transparency Law served exactly this purpose and the subsequent legislation also serves exactly this purpose. Of course, we are ready to share our experience in combating foreign influence with the Council of Europe,” - Kobakhidze said.

In addition, Kobakhidze spoke about the grants and the planned legislative amendments to a number of laws and stated that “there were specific NGOs that did not want to be called representatives of the influence of a foreign power and at that time directly registered as foreign powers, for example in Estonia, and the bill that was initiated essentially serves to neutralize these circumvention mechanisms.”

“There were opportunities to circumvent the law. The bill that was initiated essentially serves to neutralize these circumvention mechanisms. There were specific NGOs that did not want to be called representatives of the influence of a foreign power and at that time directly registered as foreign powers, for example in Estonia. This is an attempt to circumvent the law and the law that has been initiated must counteract this,” Kobakhidze stated.

For information, according to the Chairman of the Parliament's European Integration Committee, Levan Makhashvili, the Council of Europe has asked Georgia to share its experience in combating foreign interference. According to Makhashvili, the Council of Europe is interested in what experience Georgia has in this area.

According to him, they have already gathered their experience, legislation, steps and decisions and have already provided them to the Council of Europe.