Georgia officially refused to implement the EU's newest sanctions against Iran, Interpress news reported on this week, with Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of parliament for the ruling Georgian Dream party, saying Tbilisi backs international measures only when they serve Georgian interests.
"If it goes against Georgia's interests, we do not care whose interests it serves," Sharmanashvili said.
via AFP"The question of whether Georgia joins a resolution or takes steps in international affairs is determined by one criterion alone: whether it serves the country's interests at that particular moment," he added.
Sharmanashvili pointed to Turkey and Serbia, both of which hold EU candidate status and likewise stayed out of the latest sanctions round against Iran.
The package, announced by EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, is built around three decisions.
The first reworks the existing sanctions regime, dropping and adding individuals and revising the entry for one organization.
The second extends measures over Iranian military support for armed groups operating in Russia, West Asia, and the Red Sea region, with four individuals removed. The third lists six more individuals over "human rights
