
Editorial | EU–Azerbaijan relations are a blueprint for authoritarians
The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.
The EU looks the other way as Azerbaijan jails journalists and crushes dissent. Officials in Tbilisi are surely taking note.
Commissioner Marta Kos also said that the EU could reestablish dialogue with the Georgian Dream government.
This is the latest in a series of statements by Georgian Dream regarding visa-free travel with the EU.
Zakharova noted that the European Union is in crisis and may no longer exist by the end of the decade.
Ahead of the visit, critics urged OSCE Secretary General Feridun Sinirlioğlu not to meet with government officials.
The comments come as the EU’s moves to update the mechanism for suspending visa-free travel to third countries.
The latest statements came in the wake of several new pieces of legislation critics argue are aimed at cracking down on media and civil society.