Foreign ambassadors unanimous over Tbilisi protests, call on Georgia ‘to come together’
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani have held a meeting with foreign ambassadors this evening.
The foreign diplomats have urged political parties to rule out violence.
Foreign Minister Zalkaliani thanked diplomats in his Twitter post for calling on the parties to act reasonably.
Austrian Ambassador Arad Benko said that the ‘constitution and rule of law will remain a guiding light for Georgia.”
The protestors near the Parliament of Georgia. June 20. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
British Ambassador Justin McKenzie Smith said on Twitter that ‘it is time for Georgia to stand together.
Ambassador of Sweden to Georgia and Armenia Ulrik Tidestrom shares the opinion that now Georgia should come together and everyone should act within the framework of the constitution.
French Ambassador to Georgia Pascal Meunier stated he completely agrees with the opinion expressed by EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell who urged all parties to remain calm.”
“Political parties have a crucial responsibility to rule out the use of violence,” Jos Douma, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Georgia and Armenia said in his twitter post.
Three Russian MPs recently came to the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi to participate in the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy which was held for the first time in Georgia.
Protests broke out on June 20 when Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov occupied the Georgian parliamentary speaker’s seat.
Police used tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannon as the protestors disobeyed them and violated public order, the Georgian Interior Ministry said.
Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
A total of 305 individuals were detained during last night’s clashes between police and protestors.
The Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze and MP Zakaria Kutsnashvili, the organiser of the 26th Interparliamentary Assembly on Orthodoxy, resigned on 21 June.