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Georgia’s EU U-turn
Estonian FM says Georgia will ‘not join the EU on its present course’
The Estonian Foreign Minister stressed that ‘holding new elections is a way to emerge from this crisis and restore trust’.
The Estonian Foreign Minister stressed that ‘holding new elections is a way to emerge from this crisis and restore trust’.
Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have imposed travel restrictions on Georgian officials — including Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili and Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri — for cracking down on protesters. All three Baltic states imposed the travel restrictions on Monday, having earlier announced their intent to enact sanctions the day prior. Both Lithuania and Estonia sanctioned 11 officials including Georgian Dream founder and honorary chair Bidzina Ivanishvili and Interior Mini