US Senators Risch, Shaheen hope Georgian political crisis comes to an end quickly, peacefully

US Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen released a joint statement yesterday. Photo courtesy

Agenda.ge, 20 Feb 2021 - 15:12, Tbilisi,Georgia

US Senators Jim Risch and Jeanne Shaheen are ‘deeply concerned’ by recent political developments in Georgia. 

Risch and Shaheen said in a joint statement yesterday that ‘people of Georgia deserve to have rule of law, democracy and an honest and independent judiciary’. 

Over the past several years, we have raised the problem of political prosecutions with Georgian officials many times. While we are glad to see that opposition leader Nika Melia’s detention has been cancelled, such political prosecutions and arrests should never take place”, the US Senators said.

Hoping ‘this political crisis will come to an end quickly and peacefully’, they said that ‘all sides of the political spectrum must now return to the negotiating table and de-escalate the political atmosphere’. 

The Georgian service of the Voice of America has meanwhile reported that US Congressmen Michael McCaul and Gregory Meeks also call on political parties for dialogue and peaceful resolution of the opposition leader Melia's case. 

The Georgian Dream has meanwhile tweeted: