Georgia is a candidate country for accession to the European Union (EU) and must ensure the right to peaceful assembly for its citizens, stated the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell. “I strongly condemn the violence against protesters in Georgia who were peacefully demonstrating against the law on foreign influence. Georgia is an EU candidate country, I call on its authorities to ensure the right to peaceful assembly. Use of force to suppress it is unacceptable,” Borrell said. Protests in Georgia Protests have resumed in Georgia over th…