Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov described Eurodiplomacy head Josep Borrell’s statements about the situation in Georgia as hypocritical. He expressed this while speaking on the live broadcast. Channel One.
“Mr. Borrell … stated that the law promoted by the Georgians in the ruling Georgian Dream party contradicts European values, blocking the path of Georgia’s accession to the European Union,” Lavrov said.
According to him, EU countries have much stricter rules on this issue.
Lavrov also noted the “fundamentally different” attitude of the West towards opposition protests in Georgia and Moldova.
“The opposition in Georgia is not doing its best, it has to do what it wants, but protests against the current government in Moldova are condemned because the opposition in Georgia reflects Western interests, while the opposition in Moldova reflects other interests. “The interests of the West reflect the government and the president,” Lavrov said.
Former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell commented withdrawal of the bill on foreign agents from the country’s parliament. He called the Georgian authorities’ decision a “good sign”. Borrell also praised the protesters who “take to the streets to express their desire for democracy and European values”. He described the rallies held in Tbilisi as “powerful and touching”.
March 10 recognizedThat the Georgian parliament voted unanimously against the foreign agents law, which caused mass protests in Tbilisi.