{"id":19899,"date":"2024-11-30T22:55:14","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19899"},"modified":"2024-11-30T22:55:14","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T22:55:14","slug":"us-dept-of-state-statement-on-georgias-suspension-of-european-union-accession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=19899","title":{"rendered":"US Dept of State: Statement on Georgia\u2019s Suspension of European Union Accession"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The decision by Georgian Dream to suspend Georgia\u2019s EU accession process goes against the promise to the Georgian people enshrined in their constitution to pursue full integration into the European Union and NATO.\u00a0 By suspending Georgia\u2019s EU accession process, Georgian Dream has rejected the opportunity for closer ties with Europe and made Georgia more vulnerable to the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_ad jeg_ad_article jnews_content_inline_ads  \">\n<div class=\"ads-wrapper align-center \">\n<div class=\"ads_code\"><script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.stickyadstv.com\/prime-time\/intext-roll.min.js?zone=30966338\" type=\"text\/javascript\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- Revive Adserver Javascript Tag - Generated with Revive Adserver v4.1.3 --><br \/>\n<noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/advert.georgiatoday.ge\/www\/delivery\/ck.php?n=abcebd72&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/advert.georgiatoday.ge\/www\/delivery\/avw.php?zoneid=10&amp;cb=INSERT_RANDOM_NUMBER_HERE&amp;n=abcebd72\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><\/noscript><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Georgian people overwhelmingly support integration with Europe.\u00a0 The United States condemns the excessive use of force by police against Georgians seeking to exercise their rights to assembly and expression, including their freedom to peacefully protest.\u00a0 We call on all sides to ensure protests remain peaceful.<\/p>\n<p>Georgian Dream\u2019s various anti-democratic actions have violated the core tenets of our U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership, which was\u00a0based on shared values and commitments to democracy, rule of law, civil society, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and anti-corruption efforts. \u00a0As a result, the United States has suspended this mechanism.<\/p>\n<p>We reiterate our call to the Georgian government to return to its Euro-Atlantic path, transparently investigate all parliamentary election irregularities, and repeal anti-democratic laws that limit freedoms of assembly and expression.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/765122720\/sLp_rkzLPHalfFOq?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The decision by Georgian Dream to suspend Georgia\u2019s EU accession process goes against the promise to the Georgian people enshrined in their constitution to pursue full integration into the European Union and NATO.\u00a0 By suspending Georgia\u2019s EU accession process, Georgian Dream has rejected the opportunity for closer ties with Europe and made Georgia more vulnerable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19899","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19899"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19899\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19899"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19899"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19899"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}