Latest news on the 8M demonstrations
March 8 () –
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, has delivered a speech on Wednesday addressed to the protesters in Georgia, who for the second consecutive day have taken to the streets of Tbilisi to reject the attempts of the Executive to approve a controversial law on foreign agents.
“There is not a Ukrainian who does not want the success of our friend Georgia. Democratic success. European success. We want to be in the European Union, and we will. We want Georgia to be in the European Union, and I am sure that it will be so,” has stated the Ukrainian president, who has stressed that “free peoples” “deserve” to enter the EU.
In his usual evening speech, Zelensky also sent a message of thanks to those Georgians who, in the framework of the protests, have displayed the Ukrainian flag on the streets of Tbilisi, as well as to those who have played the Ukrainian national anthem. in the framework of the protests, collects Ukrinform.
The vicinity of the Georgian Parliament have been the scene of a citizen protest since Tuesday against the government’s attempts to approve a law on foreign agents that provides for the preparation of a “black list” of organizations financed by third countries.
The opposition have denounced that this legislation has pro-Russian overtones and distances Georgia from the dream of joining the European Union, a process that began last year. In fact, from Brussels they already warned the day before that this new rule does not respect the community values of the bloc.
