“A shameful attack on the Georgian people and Georgian state on the day of its national holiday,” Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili posted on social media in response to a joint statement by French President Emmanuel Macron, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.
Macron, Tusk and Merz publish a statement in connection with Georgia’s Independence Day, which reads: “The Georgian authorities need to re-establish a dialogue with the opposition and civil society. The people of Georgia should not be deprived of the opportunities associated with the country’s European path.”