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- Georgian Prime Minister Irakly Kobakhidze called on Friday for a review of relations with the United States after Washington ordered punitive measures over the passage of a law on"foreign agents", Russian news agencies reported.
"Georgian-American relations must truly be reviewed. We'll discuss this with the ambassador," RIA news agency quoted Kobakhidze as telling journalists in Tbilisi.The prime minister said relations with Washington had suffered under the previous U.S. ambassador over the diplomat's call for rapid and sharp changes in policy.
Georgia's parliament, controlled by the prime minister's Georgian Dream party, passed the law requiring organisations receiving more than 20% of their funding from overseas to register as agents of foreign influence.Opponents of the bill, with its provisions for onerous disclosure requirements and hefty fines for violations, say it is authoritarian and inspired by similar legislation in Russia.U.S.
Kobakhidze's government says the bill will promote transparency and safeguard sovereignty against what it says is a bid in the West to drag Georgia into confrontation with Russia. Parliament voted to override a presidential veto of the bill, which has sparked some of the biggest protests seen in the South Caucasus country since independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.It has been our privilege to have the trust and support of our East Coast communities for the last 200 years. Our SaltWire team is always watching out for the place we call home.
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