Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) regrets the decision to include the Kulevi oil refinery in the European Union’s 21st sanctions package, APA’s local bureau reports, citing the MFA.
It was noted that during the preparation of the sanctions package, the Georgian side provided the European Commission with detailed information and relevant documents unequivocally confirming that there were no factual or legal grounds for including the Kulevi oil refinery in the sanctions list.
“Georgia fully takes into account the sanctions regime imposed by the European Union and the context of this regime, and takes all measures to ensure that Georgian territory is not used to circumvent sanctions. Cooperation with the European Union in this area is based on the principles of transparency and openness,” the statement said.
The MFA expressed hope that the European Commission and the relevant bodies of EU member states would be guided by the principle of fairness and reconsider the decision within the specified six-month period.
It should be noted that the EU decided yesterday to impose preventive sanctions on the Kulevi oil refinery. Under the decision, the sanctions will enter into force on January 25, 2027, unless the refinery stops processing Russian oil.
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