Georgia’s visa-free travel with EU is “not in any danger” - FM on entry about visa liberalisation in EP’s resolution

Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the country’s visa-free travel regime with the European Union was “not in any danger” and noted Georgia was “faithfully fulfilling” its obligations undertaken within the agreement with the bloc.

Darchiashvili’s comments followed after the European Parliament’s resolution against the transparency bill on Thursday, calling the European Commission to “promptly assess the impact of Georgia’s planned ‘foreign agent’ law” on the country’s continuous fulfilment of the visa liberalisation benchmarks.

We remember various resolutions [in the European Parliament] that were baseless and unjustified. [...] These resolutions were initiated by specific, politically engaged politicians and this was used as a mechanism to harm our government, our country”, the FM told the Imedi TV channel.

He stressed that Georgia’s European integration and full membership into the bloc was “one of the main foreign policy priorities” of the Georgian Government and added that “political attempts to damage” the country’s European perspective would not be successful.

The ruling Georgian Dream Government “has done the most” to bring Georgia “even closer to the European family”, Darchiashvili emphasised, citing the specific action plans, adopted by the Government, to fulfil the priorities outlined by the European Commission for opening accession talks with the country.