France, Poland and Germany will cancel visa-free entry on Georgian diplomatic passports

The countries of the "Weimar Triangle" (Poland, Germany, France) cancel visa-free entry for Georgian diplomatic passport holders, the group said in a statement issued by the Polish Foreign Ministry.

"We are implementing the EU decision to cancel visa-free travel for Georgian holders of diplomatic and service passports," the statement said.

The above-mentioned countries also promise to consider "additional measures against Georgia at the EU and national level". This position is explained in the statement by the recent political changes in Georgia.

"We, the foreign ministers of the 'Weimar Triangle', are seriously concerned about the political crisis that occurred in Georgia after the October 26 parliamentary elections and after the decision of the Georgian Dream party to freeze the EU accession process," it reads.

Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the CEC, the ruling Georgian Dream party, which favors preserving relations with Russia and opposes anti-Russian sanctions, won 53.93% of the vote. Four opposition parties also passed into parliament, receiving a total of 37.78%. Opposition representatives have already said they do not recognize the CEC data. Pascal Alizar, special coordinator of the OSCE short-term mission, noted the good organization of the elections in Georgia, but said there were a number of violations recorded by observers. Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who is helping the pro-European opposition although the constitution requires the president to be non-partisan, called for protests over the election results.

In October, the European Commission said in a regular report on the progress of EU candidate countries that Georgia's EU membership process had been "effectively halted" and called on Tbilisi to implement comprehensive electoral reform.

Reprinted from ria.ru