The Swedish government is pausing all direct authority cooperation with Georgia. At the same time, they are allocating 25 million kronor to the country’s civil society, the Swedish Herald reports.
“The development in Georgia has been very alarming for some time. The irregularities reported by international election observers in the weekend’s parliamentary election reinforce this,” says Minister for Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade Benjamin Dousa has said.
The decision comes after the pro-Russian ruling party Georgian Dream became the largest in the weekend’s disputed parliamentary election, whose legitimacy is being questioned by the opposition and international observers.
