Bokuchava: UNM urges targeted visa restrictions on Georgian authorities, not citizens

Tina Bokuchava, head of the opposition United National Movement, on Monday said the party was working to ensure that any potential visa restrictions from Georgia’s international partners apply only to Government representatives and not to the wider population.

“After the failure of the ‘A Woman is a Woman, a Man is a Man’ campaign, the Government no longer speaks about visa liberalisation. The UNM is doing everything to make sure that any visa restrictions are imposed not on Georgian citizens, but solely on representatives of the regime,” Bokuchava stated.

She argued that recent Government campaigns exposed “cheap propaganda” and stressed that the real threat comes from steps taken by what she called Bidzina Ivanishvili’s “Russian regime,” which, she warned, risks undermining Georgia’s visa-free travel with the EU.

Bokuchava noted her party was in active communication with international partners to advocate for “selective and targeted measures” against those in power, while protecting ordinary Georgians’ rights to visa-free travel.