US Ambassador: Georgia “a good partner” in complying with international sanctions
Degnan stressed it was important to understand Georgia, like most other countries, would be complying with international sanctions to an extent it could. Photo: US Embassy Tbilisi
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Georgia has always been a good partner in complying with international sanctions, Kelly Degnan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, told journalists on Thursday.
In her comments to the media on the Georgian Government’s stance not to join the sanctions against Russia after the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine, Degnan underlined there had been no expectation for it to come up with bilateral sanctions.
Bilateral sanctions are for Georgia’s Government to decide. What is expected of every country that is standing against this Russian aggression is that there will be compliance with the international sanctions’ regime. Georgia has always been a good partner in complying with international sanctions,” the Ambassador said.
Degnan stressed it was important to understand Georgia, like most other countries, would be complying with international sanctions to an extent it could.
The key is here we are all sending a unified message of support to Ukraine and one of the ways to do so is complying with international sanctions’ regime,” Degnan concluded in her comments.
On Wednesday, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party head Irakli Kobakhidze said the Georgian Government would not be able to “harm” Russia by imposing economic sanctions, but would put its own country and population “under the heaviest blow”.
The Georgian Government’s stance on not imposing sanctions against Russia remains unchanged and “no one can change” it, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party head Irakli Kobakhidze said on Wednesday.
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Kelly Degnan, the United States Ambassador to Georgia, has praised Georgian people’s “overwhelming generosity” towards Ukrainians in the face of the Russian invasion of the country which started 16 days ago, saying Georgians “know what it is like to be at war and to be attacked for no reason, just because you want to be free."
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Companies or individuals that have been subject to international sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine are barred from registering as entities in Georgia, Kakha Kaladze, the Mayor of Tbilisi, said on Monday.
Georgia's International partners are confident that the country is ensuring international sanctions imposed against Russia due its invasion in Ukraine are implemented, making it impossible to bypass them through the Georgian territory, German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch said in an interview released on Thursday by the Georgian Public Broadcaster.
Ruling Georgian Dream party chair Irakli Kobakhidze on Tuesday said the Georgian territory and its financial institutions would not be used in circumvention of international sanctions imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.