{"id":812681,"date":"2024-12-17T22:23:45","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T04:23:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/netherlands-wants-eu-to-stop-georgia-visa-free-travel-arrangements\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T22:23:45","modified_gmt":"2024-12-18T04:23:45","slug":"netherlands-wants-eu-to-stop-georgia-visa-free-travel-arrangements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/netherlands-wants-eu-to-stop-georgia-visa-free-travel-arrangements\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands wants EU to stop Georgia visa-free travel arrangements"},"content":{"rendered":"<section>\n<p>VALLETTA &#8211; The Netherlands will ask the European Union to suspend its visa-free arrangements with Georgia, the Dutch foreign minister said on Thursday, after more than 300 people were arrested in pro-EU demonstrations in the South Caucasus country.<\/p>\n<p>Demonstrators in Georgia have for the past week been protesting against the government&#8217;s decision to halt negotiations on joining the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Caspar Veldkamp said he would be making a formal request to the EU &#8220;to make it clear to the Georgian government the path they are taking comes with a price.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Georgian nationals are currently able to travel to the EU for short visits without requiring a visa.<\/p>\n<p>Veldkamp was speaking to journalists before the start of a two-day meeting of foreign ministers of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in Malta.<\/p>\n<p>He said he would also be asking the OSCE to investigate the Georgian government and its actions.<\/p>\n<p>Georgia media have quoted the Interior Ministry as saying more than 300 people have been detained since the protests began over the government&#8217;s decision to halt negotiations on joining the EU.<\/p>\n<p>Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze, who leads the pro-Russian Georgian Dream party, has accused opposition parties of fomenting dissent. REUTERS<\/p>\n<p>Join\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/TheStraitsTimes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">ST&#8217;s Telegram channel<\/a>\u00a0and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p> Bong Mote<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/world\/europe\/netherlands-wants-eu-to-stop-georgia-visa-free-travel-arrangements\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VALLETTA &#8211; The Netherlands will ask the European Union to suspend its visa-free arrangements with Georgia, the Dutch foreign minister said on Thursday, after more than 300 people were arrested in pro-EU demonstrations in the South Caucasus country. Demonstrators in Georgia have for the past week been protesting against the government&#8217;s decision to halt negotiations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":812682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,91],"tags":[5485,5583],"class_list":["post-812681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","category-wants","tag-netherlands","tag-wants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=812681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/812681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=812681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=812681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=812681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}