According to the Georgian Foreign Minister, Maka Botchorishvili, the British Ambassador to Georgia, Gareth Ward, will be summoned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow, February 26.­

As the Minister spoke on the Rustavi 2, the ambassador will be asked to explain what the basis for the sanctioning of Georgian television stations was.

"We had communication with the British side. I expect the British Ambassador to come to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tomorrow. We demand an explanation as to what the basis for such a decision to [sanction] Georgian television stations is. In addition to the fact that we are talking about freedom of speech and standards of freedom of speech and we are talking about the media, when we talk about sanctions, this requires very solid legal foundations," - said Maka Bochorishvili.

For information, on February 24, the UK imposed sanctions on the TV companies Imedi and POSTV. According to the UK government, Imedi and POSTV were sanctioned as “organizations involved in the spread of Russian disinformation.” The sanctions imposed by the UK include an asset freeze, a ban on financial services for asset management, and the disqualification of the director. The sanctions document states that Imedi and POSTV “are deliberately spreading misleading information about Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine to their audience, which is mainly represented in Georgia.”