Pawel Herczynski Meets with Chairman of Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili
By Liza Mchedlidze
Thursday, March 2, 2023
Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia Pawel Herczynski and the ambassadors of the member states of the European Union met with the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili. The chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Nikoloz Samkharadze, also attended the meeting.
After the meeting, the ambassador of the European Union, Pawel Herczynski told reporters that the discussion about the draft law on 'agents of foreign influence' was not easy and EU representatives expressed their concerns over the matter
According to him, the representatives of the European Union in Georgia and the ambassadors will closely observe the process, how it will develop around this draft law.
"At this moment we finished a very important meeting. I was accompanied by all the ambassadors of EU member states who are located in Tbilisi. We were invited by the Speaker of the Parliament to exchange views on the initiative on "foreign agents"...
We had a very frank, open exchange of views with the Chairman of Parliament of Georgia and the two Chairmen of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Parliament, going deep into the details.
Concern was expressed not only by me, but also by the ambassadors who are in Georgia, we had a very open exchange of ideas, we discussed the details - it was not an easy discussion. We said that this initiative is not compatible with the values of the European Union, and we reiterated that this initiative is in contradiction with at least two points of the recommendations of the European Commission. We have great hope that this initiative will not be turned into law," he said.
