Michel asks Georgia to redouble efforts for European reforms after controversial foreign agents law

BRUSSELS, March 14 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has asked Georgia to redouble its efforts to undertake the democratic reforms that will bring it closer to the European Union, after the controversy over the foreign agents law that generated important demonstrations and managed to get the Executive of Irakli Garibashvili to give reverse.

“The decision to give the European perspective is a historic opportunity that should not be wasted. It is still crucial to move forward with the reforms,” ​​he said in a message on social networks after the meeting with the Georgian president, Salome Zourabichvili.

In a meeting this Monday in Brussels, Michel addressed the situation in the country after the strong disturbances experienced as a result of the controversial law and celebrated that the Georgian Parliament rejected the reform, which “was not compatible with Georgia’s path to the EU”. , have reported European sources.

The former Belgian Prime Minister told Zourabichvili that this is a “decisive moment” and that it was necessary to work “more vigorously in the application of political reforms, especially in the area of ​​the rule of law and with regard to the judiciary “.

Likewise, he stated that in view of the community perspective recognized by the EU, Tbilisi must advance in a “united and inclusive” manner in the necessary reforms to take steps forward in the candidacy for the EU.

SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA

Faced with the crisis over the war in Ukraine, the President of the Council has shown the support of the Twenty-seven to Georgia in the face of hybrid threats and cooperation in the face of Russian disinformation, in addition to indicating support for the country’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

Michel and Zourabichvili discussed the sanctions imposed on Russia with the aim of curbing the Russian war machine, as well as the bloc’s great efforts to prevent sanctions being circumvented.