US sanctions will damage relations between Georgia and the US unless proof of their legitimacy is presented. Georgian Foreign Minister Ilya Darchiashvili wrote to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about this issue. TASS.
“The decision of the US State Department to impose sanctions on judges, which was issued without providing any evidence, is completely incomprehensible and unacceptable. “We hope the State Department will provide appropriate evidence or reconsider its decision.”
The head of the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted that if evidence is not provided, Tbilisi would perceive the sanctions as “pressure on the independent court of a sovereign state and massive interference in its activities”. According to Darchiashvili, this is a friendly relationship between Georgia and the United States.
Archil Talakvadze, former Deputy Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, one of the leaders of the ruling party judicial The US decision to impose sanctions on four Georgian judges is “absolutely unacceptable”.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken declarationWashington said it sanctioned four members of the Georgia Supreme Judicial Council, accusing them of “significant corruption”.