The United States Department of State said this Saturday (30) that it has suspended strategic partnership with Georgia. The measure was taken after the ruling Georgian Dream party suspended the country’s negotiations to join the European Union.
“We condemn the excessive force used against Georgians who rightfully protest this betrayal of their constitution – the EU is a bulwark against the Kremlin,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller wrote on social media.
“Therefore, we have suspended our strategic partnership with Georgia.”
Georgian Dream’s decision to suspend EU accession is a betrayal of the Georgian constitution. We condemn excessive force used against Georgians exercising their freedom to protest and have suspended our Strategic Partnership with Georgia.
—Matthew Miller (@StateDeptSpox) November 30, 2024
Understand the crisis in Georgia
The Caucasus country of Georgia, a former Soviet republic, has witnessed a wave of protests after Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze announced last week that the country had abandoned European Union membership talks.
On Friday (29), more than 100 people were arrested during demonstrations in the capital Tbilisi following the prime minister’s statement.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili is pro-West and in favor of negotiations. This Saturday (30), she stated that she will not leave her position when her term ends in December in protest against what she called an “illegitimate Parliament”.
Zourabichvili claims that the country’s last parliamentary elections, which took place in October, were a “sham” and a “special operation by Russia” to put the Georgian Dream party behind.
The party is accused of being pro-Russia and of having manipulated the parliamentary elections for its own benefit.
This content was originally published in Amid the political crisis, the United States suspends strategic partnership with Georgia on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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