The Spanish Foreign Ministry shared a statement on Platform X by Georgia’s illegitimate Prime Minister, Irakli Kobakhidze, in which he thanked five EU countries, including Spain, for “stating a position in support of the Georgian people” at the Foreign Affairs Council and for “protecting” the interests of the Georgian people.
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“Spain has been very clear expressing its grave concern about civil rights in Georgia and about alleged disinformation campaigns. We have fully supported the decisions adopted yesterday by the FAC. Disinformation is a threat to our democracies that we will always oppose,” the Spanish Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Irakli Kobakhidze was also accused of spreading false information by the Romanian Foreign Ministry.
On December 16, the EU Foreign Affairs Council discussed recent developments in Georgia and agreed on the need to suspend the visa-free regime for holders of diplomatic passports. The European Commission will present this proposal later this year.
The Council also considered imposing individual sanctions, although Kaja Kallas, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, stated that the 27-nation bloc would need unanimous agreement to proceed.
Following the Foreign Affairs Council meeting, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó announced that he, along with his Slovak counterpart, had vetoed sanctions against some senior Georgian police officials.
At a briefing at the government administration on December 17, Georgia’s illegitimate Prime Minister thanked five EU countries - Hungary, Slovakia, Italy, Spain, and Romania - for “expressing a position in support of the Georgian people” at the Foreign Affairs Council. According to Kobakhidze, the Georgian government publicly named these five countries but suggested that “the list of countries opposing the sanctions is even wider.”
