The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland have expressed concern about “the political crisis” in Georgia, two days after former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili was formally inaugurated as president of the South Caucasus nation,
Foreign ministers from Germany, France and Poland on Tuesday jointly called on the Georgian government to reverse course and resume efforts towards integration into the European Union. "We have repeatedly called upon the Georgian authorities to reverse their course and to return to the EU integration by upholding European norms and values and implementing reforms,
The foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland have announced that their countries will adhere to the European Union's decision to revoke the visa-free regime for Georgian diplomats. The decision is linked to the political crisis in Georgia and the official suspension of European integration by Tbilisi,
We, the Foreign Ministers of the Weimar Triangle are seriously concerned about the political crisis which erupted in Georgia following the 26th October parliamentary elections and Georgian
Georgia is set to inaugurate on Sunday a ruling party loyalist as president, after his election was declared "illegitimate" by the outgoing leader and the pro-Western opposition.
Salome Zourabichvili's term is due to end on Sunday, but she says she is her country's last legitimate institution.
Former soccer player Mikheil Kavelashvili has been inaugurated as president of Georgia in what the opposition calls a blow to the country’s EU aspirations and a victory for former imperial ruler Russia.
Salome Zurabishvili has vowed to stay on as the president of Georgia, becoming an icon to thousands of pro-EU protesters during a bitter political showdown and decrying a new party loyalist's inauguration to the presidency as "illegitimate.