Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the country's Government had “saved” the European Union’s military mission in the Central African Republic in 2014 when the bloc “could not find those willing” to take part in the effort, in comments following Paweł Herczyński, the Ambassador of the EU to Georgia, on Tuesday announcing the bloc’s freezing of €30 million in support for the country from the European Peace Facility in response to the Georgian Government's adoption of a law on transparency of foreign influence earlier this year.
In his social media message, Papuashvili noted Georgia had been the only non-EU country in that “most difficult” operation, and second with the size of its military contingent after France.
“Georgia saved this mission of the European Union by sending 150 soldiers [to serve]”, Papuashvili said.
In his comments, Herczyński also said the EU was considering other measures “if the situation further deteriorates”.