Deputy PM says attack on Slovakian PM was ‘politically motivated’ – as it happened

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Salome Zourabichvili, Georgia's president, said she spoke with Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy.

After a delay, the EU's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, and the neighborhood commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, issued a statement on Georgia.

The adoption of this law negatively impacts Georgia's progress on the EU path. The choice on the way forward is in Georgia's hands. We urge the Georgian authorities to withdraw the law, uphold their commitment to the EU path and advance the necessary reforms detailed in the 9 steps.