“I would not call the U.S. State Department’s report objective; the standards recently announced by the United States do not align with the spirit reflected in the report,” said Gia Volski, First Vice Speaker, reflecting on the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights, which also includes the situation in Georgia.

According to Volski, the U.S. employs different criteria for assessment.

“Police officers defend themselves and the state. Those who did not see Molotov Cocktails thrown in the direction of law enforcers, fatal substances fired intentionally, are mistaken in assessing the situation in Georgia. Therefore, this report may not align with the standards typically practised in the United States.

Reliable non-governmental organisations will not author such biased and rigid reports on Georgia in the future. All issues described in the 2024 report before the U.S. elections are null and void. You cannot attack or burn live police officers but expect no response.

Separate misconducts may occur, but this is why non-governmental organisations created such situations, organised attacks, to cause injuries and make the use of force inevitable. There is no democracy in the world where misconduct occurs during such conflicts; in Georgia, such incidents are minimised to the greatest extent possible.

Georgia outrun many EU countries in democracy, governance, and justice principles. Today, the U.S. has other criteria, objective assessments, and I believe they will continue working in the direction when NGOs are unable to distort or forge the reality concerning the state activities,” Volski stated.

The U.S. Department of State has published the 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, which includes an assessment of the human rights situation in Georgia.