🇮🇷Georgia refuses to adopt EU sanctions on Iran citing 'national interests'
Georgia officially refused to implement the EU's newest sanctions against Iran, Interpressnews reported on 17 August, with Tengiz Sharmanashvili, a member of parliament for the ruling Georgian Dream party, saying Tbilisi backs international measures only when they serve Georgian interests.
Sharmanashvili remarked: "If it goes against Georgia's interests, we do not care whose interests it serves.
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." Sharmanashvili pointed to Turkiye and Serbia, both of which hold EU candidate status and likewise stayed out of the latest sanctions round against Iran.
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