Frontera calls on Georgian government to end 'disinformation campaign', honour terms of contract

US oil and gas company Frontera Resources has called on the Georgian government to stop ‘its deformation campaign’, after the latter released a statement saying it had agreed not to terminate a contract with the company despite Georgia’s right to do so.

Following the Georgian government’s decision, Frontera will be able to operate on 1% of the land initially allotted to it for exploration by the government. 

• Georgian government decides not to terminate contract with Frontera

Frontera called on Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and his government to stop 'this intentionally deceptive, damaging and disingenuous practice'.

On Thursday, after years of commercially debilitating threats and harassment to the contrary, officials suddenly announced in the media that ‘the government had decided not to cancel our contract.’ This announcement was wrapped in a litany of slanderous statements that served only to defame the character of our company and advance false statements about our work. We wish to once again be clear that no legal basis has ever existed for the unilateral cancellation of our contract. The government of Georgia’s continued insinuation to the contrary is wrong and amounts to intentional harassment", reads the company’s statement.

Frontera Resources called upon the government of Georgia to honour the terms of the contract and guarantee its ‘return to work without continued threats, intimidation or new conditions'.