The European Union has decided to suspend Georgia’s participation in regional security and organized crime projects. This was confirmed by a letter from the EU Ambassador to Georgia, Pavel Gerchinsky, to the country’s Foreign Ministry on November 7. The letter stated that Georgia’s involvement in three specific initiatives—combating organized crime in the Eastern Partnership with Europol, cooperation in combating organized crime (TOPCOP II), and the EU Drug Monitoring project (EU4MD II)—has been suspended. The decision took effect on October 15 and affects representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Justice of Georgia.
The Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, announced that the parliament had ceased participation in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly due to perceived unfair treatment. He criticized the European Parliament for transforming the platform into “an instrument of blackmail” and accused it of imposing a political agenda on neighboring countries. Papuashvili also condemned recent resolutions adopted by the assembly regarding the 2024 parliamentary elections, calling their language “unacceptable and outrageous.”
