US, EU embassies, MEPs ‘strongly regret’ UNM refused to sign EU-mediated agreement

The United National Movement stated that the EU-mediated agreement contains several ‘unacceptable notes.’ Photo: netgazeti.

Agenda.ge, 31 May 2021 - 11:32, Tbilisi,Georgia

The US and the EU embassies in Georgia and MEP Viola von Cramon have welcomed the recent decision of the United National Movement opposition party to enter the state legislature. 

However, the embassies and the MEP ‘strongly regret’ that the party refused to sign the EU-mediated agreement along with five other opposition parties.

The UNM announced it would be taking up its mandates in parliament late yesterday, after a six-month political standoff, saying that the reason they declined to sign the EU-mediated agreement is that ‘it includes several notes which are unacceptable for us.’ 

The embassies said in a joint statement that the agreement proposed by the European Council President Charles Michel back in April 2021, which was signed by six Georgian political parties and individual MPs, contains topics which are crucial for the country’s further democratic development.