The United States has said it’s deeply alarmed by democratic backsliding in Georgia which Washington said had a choice to support either a “Kremlin-style” foreign agent bill or the people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations.
“We are deeply alarmed about democratic backsliding in Georgia,” U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
“Georgian Parliamentarians face a critical choice — whether to support the Georgian people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations or pass a Kremlin-style foreign agents’ law that runs counter to democratic values,” he said.
“We stand with the Georgian people.”
“Georgian Parliamentarians face a critical choice — whether to support the Georgian people’s Euro-Atlantic aspirations or pass a Kremlin-style foreign agents’ law that runs counter to democratic values,” he said.
“We stand with the Georgian people.”
The bill, which would require organizations receiving more than 20% of their funding from abroad to register as “agents of foreign influence,” has touched off a rolling political crisis in Georgia, where thousands have taken to the streets to demand the bill be withdrawn.We are deeply alarmed about democratic backsliding in Georgia. Georgian Parliamentarians face a critical choice - whether to support the Georgian people’s EuroAtlantic aspirations or pass a Kremlin-style foreign agents' law that runs counter to democratic values.
— Jake Sullivan (@JakeSullivan46) May 11, 2024
Source: Reuters
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