The European Union (EU) has removed Georgia from EU-funded regional projects on security and organized crime. This was stated in a letter from EU ambassador to Georgia Pawel Herczynski addressed to the country’s First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Giorgi Zurabashvili.
In the letter, obtained by Rustavi 2 television, Herczynski informed that the aforesaid decision concerns three projects: the fight against organized crime within the framework of the Eastern Partnership, supported by Europol; Training and Operational Partnership Against Organised Crime II (TOPCOP II); and the EU4Monitoring Drugs (EU4MD) project.
Georgia’s removal from the aforesaid projects took effect on October 15 and applies to members of the country’s ministries of interior and justice.
