Gitanas Nausėda: Georgian government is pushing the country into a backslide and undermining its EU perspective

Georgia belongs in Europe. Georgian people chose European future and nobody has the right to take it away from them, - Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda writes about this on the social network.

"I strongly condemn violent attacks on pro-European protesters by Georgian authorities. Georgian government is pushing the country into a backslide and undermining its EU perspective. Georgia belongs in Europe. Georgian people chose European future and nobody has the right to take it away from them," the President of Lithuania tweeted.

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