The Baltic states intend to impose personal sanctions against the organizers of the suppression of protests in Georgia. This was announced by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis on Thursday, APA reports citing TASS.
“The three Baltic states have agreed on the application of national sanctions against persons suppressing fair protests in Sakartvelo (Vilnius has been officially using this name of Georgia since 2018 – approx. TASS),” the text says.
The Foreign Minister further pointed out that “opponents of democracy and violators of human rights” in the Baltic states “are not expected.” The Foreign Ministry informed the BNS news agency that it was about a dozen senior officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda had a telephone conversation with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili on Sunday. According to Nauseda, the decisions of the Georgian government do not meet the aspirations of the president of the country and the majority of society. “The parliamentary elections held in Sakartvelo were not completely free and fair,” the Lithuanian president said. “Therefore, it is necessary to conduct an independent international investigation of violations, pressure and intimidation of voters, which could affect the results.”