The US State Department again expresses its concern over the Rustavi2 developments.

The US State Department`s statement on the court"s decision was made recently.

According to John Kirby said, " attempts to change the management of the station in advance of the appeal process will have profound political implications."

"The United States is deeply concerned about the Rustavi 2 case and its implications for media freedom, political pluralism, and judicial independence in Georgia. Attempts to change the management of the station in advance of the appeal process will have profound political implications. In a democratic society, critical opinion should be encouraged, not silence. As we have said many times throughout this case, freedom of media, political pluralism, and independence of the judiciary are essential foundations of any democracy and remain critical to Georgia’s successful Euro-Atlantic integration.

We emphasized this during the U.S.-Georgia Strategic Partnership Commission plenary session on Monday, and our embassy in Tbilisi has delivered this message both privately and publicly. And I would refer you to Ambassador Kelly’s statement as well as our joint statement with the European Union delegation that was issued earlier.

I don’t want to hypothesize about potential outcomes here. We’ve made clear what we want to see happen here, and obviously, we continue to emphasize the positive outcomes we want to see with Georgia’s leaders. But I’m not going to speculate about if they don’t – or if it doesn’t happen, what that’s going to mean going forward. I think we want to focus on getting the situation better now," - said John Kirby.