Hungary will provide all possible assistance to Georgia to accelerate its accession to the European Union and will veto any sanctions imposed by Brussels on Georgian government officials. Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó made this statement at a press conference in Budapest, alongside Georgia's illegitimate Foreign Minister Maka Bochorishvili.
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As Szijjártó stated, Bochorishvili's first official visit abroad was to Hungary, and it occurred at a time when both countries are "struggling to preserve their sovereignty." He congratulated the Georgian Dream on its victory in the parliamentary elections, noting that the European Union is attempting to ignore the will of the people and question the election results.
According to Péter Szijjártó, sanctions against the Georgian Minister of Internal Affairs and two senior police officials are being discussed in Brussels.
"This is nonsense; it is outrageous, and there is no reason for this. Hungary categorically opposes the inclusion of Georgian government officials on the sanctions list, and if such a proposal is made, we will, of course, veto it. Everyone should be sure of this," Szijjártó said.
A meeting of the EU Foreign Affairs Council is scheduled for December 16 in Brussels, where the foreign ministers of the 27 member states, including Hungary, will gather. One of the topics to be discussed will be the situation in Georgia.
As EU Ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski stated, work is underway to prepare sanctions, and "the option of suspending the visa-free regime for certain categories of passports" is being considered.
A consensus of all 27 member states is required to make a decision on sanctions.
Recently, individual EU countries - Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia - imposed national visa sanctions on the honorary chairman of the Georgian Dream, Bidzina Ivanishvili, as well as Minister of Internal Affairs Vakhtang Gomelauri and nine senior officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
