Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has told her Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda that she has no evidence of Russian interference in the parliamentary elections in Georgia. The Polish president said this, as RIA Novosti reports, on air on RadioZet radio station.
Duda noted that he communicated with Zurabishvili by phone on Monday.
“She did not confirm it, there is no evidence,” Duda said when asked about possible Russian interference in the Georgian elections.
At the same time, he added that Russia allegedly supports the Georgian Dream party.
Earlier, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov rejected Zurabishvili's accusations, emphasizing that Moscow does not interfere in Georgia's internal affairs and does not intend to do so. Peskov also noted that it is important that third countries do not interfere in the elections, as it is “strictly a matter for the Georgian people.”
Parliamentary elections were held in Georgia on October 26. According to the CEC, the ruling Georgian Dream party, which favors maintaining relations with Russia and opposes anti-Russian sanctions, won 53.93% of the vote. Four opposition parties also made it into parliament with a combined 37.78%.
The opposition has already declared its non-recognition of the CEC results. Pascal Alizar, Special Co-ordinator of the OSCE short-term mission, noted the high organization of the elections, but mentioned some irregularities recorded by observers.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, who supports the pro-European opposition despite a constitutional ban on party affiliation for the head of state, called for protests against the election results.
Reprinted from https://am.sputniknews.ru/
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