Assertion by the Minister of International Affairs Espen Barth Eide about Georgia – regjeringen.no
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Date: 05.14.2024
| Ministry of International Affairs
– The event in Georgia is extraordinarily disturbing. The introduction of a “international agent” regulation, because the parliament has now adopted, will take Georgia additional away from Europe – not nearer, as a transparent majority of Georgians need, says Eide.
– The Georgians who exhibit within the streets in opposition to this regulation and in opposition to the ruling get together’s alternative of course are entitled to specific their views. The usage of violence in opposition to peaceable demonstrators and activists and threats in opposition to dissenters haven’t any place in a democracy. For the nation’s authorities to depart so clearly from our widespread liberal values will have an effect on our cooperation. From Norway’s perspective, we need to absolutely combine Georgia into the European household. It requires respect for elementary freedoms and rights to which Georgia has dedicated itself, and clear measures on the a part of the federal government to revive belief, says Eide.