Statement by Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum on the introduction of the draft law “On Transparency of Foreign Influence”, known as “Foreign Agent Law” in Georgia.
The EaP CSF Co-Chairs make an appeal to the authorities of Azerbaijan, Armenia and the EU leaders on the situation in the Lachin corridor, which remains extremely tense and complicated.
In their statement, members of the Steering Committee of the EaP CSF call on European leaders to support the granting of EU candidate status to Georgia.
In their statement, the Azerbaijan National Platform of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum define the arrest of Bakhtiyar Hajiyev as political and call for the prosecution against him to be immediately revoked.
The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum calls on all EaP governments, but particularly on to the Azerbaijani and Belarusian authorities, to cease any form of persecution against human rights defenders.
Ana Otilia Nuțu, the Co-Chair of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum, condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest wave of terror unleashed on the Ukrainian people and critical Ukrainian infrastructure by Russia and is deeply concerned by this latest increase in wider regional tensions.
The Steering Committee Members of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum condemn Russia’s sham “referenda” in the Ukrainian provinces of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia, underlying that they cannot be considered legal in any possible way.
The democratic political and civil forces of the Republic of Armenia confirm their loyalty to the sovereignty and democracy of Armenia as non-negotiable values, and underline their determination to protect these values with all the means at their disposal.
The EaP CSF Steering Committee stands united in celebrating the Independence Day of Ukraine and in honouring the courage and strength of Ukrainians who are fighting to protect the independence of their country and to defend it from Russian aggression.
After the brutal attack by Russia on the city of Vinnytsia (Ukraine), Members of the Steering Commitee of the EaP CSF express solidarity with the people of Vinnytsia and call for prosecution of the crimes committed by the Russian forces.