Georgia's president says she will veto the final reading of the law on foreign agents
Radio Moldova,
17 May 2024 14:30
President Salome Zurabishvili warned that Georgia's survival as a state is in danger after parliament approved a contentious "foreign agent" law despite weeks of popular protests and warnings from the West that the move endangers Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations, DW reports.
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