Baltic countries to impose sanctions against Georgian authorities over violent crackdown on Tbilisi rally

Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia will impose restrictive measures on the Georgian leadership over the violent suppression of protests that erupted in the country amid the government's rejection of European integration.

This was stated by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis.

"The three Baltic countries have jointly agreed to impose national sanctions against those, who suppressed legitimate protests in Georgia," he wrote on X (formerly Twitter).

Landsbergis added that opponents of democracy and human rights violators are "not welcome" in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia.

He did not specify what sanctions are in question. It is also unknown who they will be imposed on.

Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna also announced the introduction of joint sanctions against the Georgian authorities.

"We agreed to impose national sanctions against those who suppressed legitimate protests in Georgia," Tsakhna wrote.

A similar message in X was published by Landsbergis and Tsakhna's colleague from Latvia, Baiba Braže.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on November 29, 2024, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said that his country would not hold negotiations on European integration until 2028.

The statement by the head of the Georgian government sparked protests in Georgia.

We will recall that in the evening of the same day, Georgian security forces dispersed a protest rally using water cannons and tear gas.

Earlier, we wrote that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine condemned the violent dispersal of the rally in the Georgian capital.