Ilia Darchiashvili, the Foreign Minister of Georgia who is on an official visit to Hungary met his Hungarian counterpart Péter Szijjártó. They discussed many bilateral issues including Georgia’s integration into the European Union.
Hungarian FM expressed hope that Europe would be happy to have Georgia as an active member. His remarks came during his meeting with Ilia Darchiashvili. Hungarian officials added that “the foreign agent’s law is the most extensive controversial law adopted by Georgia in the name of transparency; therefore, Brussels placed many restrictions on the republic of Georgia as the pressure tacit.
The foreign minister of Hungary also urged the Georgian counterpart to protect the rights of the country’s people. He added that any move to snub the media or other democratic values could derail Georgia’s progress toward European integration.
In the last few months there have been several large-scale protests against the foreign agent law. The protestors termed this bill the Russian law which the ruling regime can use as a tool to stifle the workings of civil society organizations and other non-governmental organizations across the country.
Many countries across the globe have come forward to oppose the bill. The USA and many other Western countries have also said that it will derail Georgia’s Integration process into the European Union. Protesters also demanded that they could not follow the strict provisions of Russian law.
It is worth noting that foreign agent law requires the mandatory registration of civil and other government organizations as well as media houses that receive more than 20% of their funding from foreign countries.
These organisations will then be registered under the head of the institute pursuing the interest of a foreign nation. A similar law was already passed by Russia which is why the people of Georgia also called this Russian law.
On the other hand the government and other law enforcement agencies also cracked a nationwide whip to disperse the protestors. This policy action on the protestors was also criticized by leaders worldwide.
