Georgia suspends its participation in Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe

Georgia quits PACE over demand for new elections

Georgia’s parliament speaker accused PACE of "blackmail" after members voted to demand a rerun of the contested October 2024 general election and the release of all political prisoners.

Kiev, through the voice of the spokesperson for the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, condemns the "provocative" statements made by Călin Georgescu, who spoke, in an interview with Ion Cristoiu, about Romania's takeover of some territories in Ukraine.…

Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi reacted to the “provocative statements” of Calin Georgescu, who promoted historical revisionism and said he wanted territories from Ukraine, in an interview with Ion Cristoiu. Thus, Kiev accuses Georgescu of “repeating Russian propaganda, which indicates a total dependence on his masters in Moscow.”

The Secretariat of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe did not allow registering the amendment that defined Vladimir Putin as a terrorist.

Stubb met with political journalists in the morning and commented on foreign policy.

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) had called for new elections following the controversial parliamentary elections in Georgia