US Congressman Promises New Resolution in Response to Georgian Delegation’s Walkout at OSCE PA

 

US Congressman Joe Wilson sharply criticized the Georgian delegation's decision to walk out of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly meeting in The Hague during the debate on a resolution concerning Georgia. He called the move "shameful" and indicated that the issue would be raised again at the organization's next annual session.

"Just wait and see what we adopt at the next annual session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly in Charleston," Wilson wrote on X.

The politician also welcomed the adoption of the document he had drafted, calling it "an important step in support of President Trump’s strong foreign policy agenda and against war criminal Putin’s attacks on our allies in Eastern Europe."

Shortly before this, Wilson had assumed the chairmanship of the OSCE PA Committee on Political Affairs and Security.

His statement was prompted by the Georgian delegation's departure from the assembly meeting in The Hague. Representatives from Tbilisi refused to participate in the vote on the resolution regarding the situation in the country and walked out of the hall. Nikoloz Samkharadze, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, explained that, in the Georgian side's view, certain provisions of the declaration did not reflect the actual situation and ran counter to national interests.

Despite Tbilisi's protest, the majority of participants supported the Hague Declaration. The document calls for an investigation into potential election irregularities in Georgia, the release of political prisoners, and the abandonment of laws that—according to the authors—restrict political and civil liberties.

Following the incident, OSCE PA President Pere Joan Pons Sampietro stated that the absence of delegations from the meeting hall never contributes to the resolution of political conflicts.

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