Tbilisi criticized EU, Germany and Ukraine due to visit of former minister of Georgia to Europe

The Georgian Government issued two separate statements on March 11 denouncing UNM-era former Chief Prosecutor and Justice Minister Zurab Adeishvili’s inclusion in the official Ukrainian delegations to Brussels and Berlin. One statement was directed towards Ukrainian authorities, while the other responded to earlier statements on the issue made by the German Embassy in Tbilisi and the EU Delegation to Georgia, civil.ge reports.

 

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia said that Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili met with the German and the EU Ambassadors, conveying to them the Georgian side’s concerns to the diplomats regarding Adeishvili’s visits.

 

Earlier the German and the EU official representations in Georgia made statements about the visit of Adeishvili, who has been sentenced in absentia in Georgia on several criminal charges, to Berlin and Brussels as part of the Ukrainian delegation. Adeishvili’s appearance in the delegations led to harsh criticism from the Georgian authorities. Germany cited lack of legal ground for banning Adeishvili, while the EU spoke of disinformation around the visit.