Official Washington reminds the Georgian Goverment of the most important basics of democracy. The US State Department responded to the Court of Appeal`s decision regarding Rustavi2 case.

As the spokesman stated at the daily press briefing, the freedom of the media, political pluralism and independence of the judiciary are essential foundations in any democracy and remain critical to Georgia’s successful Euro-Atlantic decision.

"You’re talking about the Tbilisi appeals court, right – the decision they took on Rustavi 2 ownership. Well, again, my understanding of this is that the Tbilisi appeals court decided to uphold the ruling of a lower court that, in fact, transferred ownership of Rustavi 2 to the claimant. And our understanding is also that Rustavi 2 management will stay in place until the appeals process has been exhausted.

I guess we would just say that it’s important to bear in mind that freedom of media, political pluralism, independence of the judiciary, are essential foundations in any democracy and remain critical to Georgia’s successful Euro-Atlantic decision. So we would just call on all sides in this particular case to exercise restraint and to work to resolve the case through judicial process in a way that supports Georgia’s democratic development, "- said US State Department spokesman, Mark Toner.