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Georgia’s Foreign Agent Law Live | US lawmaker to push for visa liberalisation in exchange for law’s withdrawal

A school leaver wearing a decorated school shirt at a protest against the Foreign Agent Law on Monday. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media
A school leaver wearing a decorated school shirt at a protest against the Foreign Agent Law on Monday. Photo: Mariam Nikuradze/OC Media

The US is reportedly set to consider offering a substantial economic and security package to Georgia if the country withdraws the draft foreign agent law. The parliament on Monday announced that it would overrule the veto of the foreign agent law in next week’s plenary session.

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