US State Department spokesman Ned Price said the US welcomes the withdrawal of the Georgia Foreign Agents Act. DEA News.
“We welcome the decision to withdraw the bill,” he said at a briefing.
He also added that the Foreign Ministry urged the ruling party to abandon this bill and not support such legislation as it is incompatible with Georgian and Euro-Atlantic values.
On March 7, the Georgian Parliament passed the bill “On Transparency of Foreign Influence” at first reading, which provides for the establishment of a register of foreign-funded non-governmental organizations and the media. Then the protests in Tbilisi continued for two days. As a result, the Parliament decided to refuse to pass the bill.
Then all the protesters outside the parliament in Tbilisi, detained He was released on administrative offenses on 7 and 8 March.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili judicial With the victory of society, the bills of foreign agents are withdrawn.