OSCE PA President, Pia Kauma said she had discussed the Draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze “as well as concerns of OSCE PA members regarding the possible impact on Georgia’s civil society.”

“I welcome the willingness to engage in dialogue with international partners,” Pia Kauma wrote on X.

Grateful for opportunity to discuss with @PM_Kobakhidze the Draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, as well as concerns of @oscepa members regarding possible impact on #Georgia‘s civil society. I welcome the willingness to engage in dialogue with international partners.

— Pia Kauma (@PiaKauma) May 8, 2024

Irakli Kobakhidze also said he had “a very substantial” meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and other senior officials about a Draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence.

“I explained the substance and context of the legislative initiative, thereby expressing readiness to listen and discuss all the specific legal comments regarding the draft law with due attention, for which we can use the relevant procedure of legislative discourse,” the PM wrote on X.

Had a very substantial meeting with the President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and other senior officials. We talked about a Draft Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence. I explained the substance and context of the legislative initiative, thereby expressing readiness to…

— Irakli Kobakhidze (@PM_Kobakhidze) May 8, 2024