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EXPLAINED: Nato warns georgia foreign agents bill is step in wrong direction | Rare Historical Photos

Georgian pro-democracy groups protest against a repressive 'foreign influence' bill outside the parliament in the capital, Tbilisi [File: Vano Shlamov/AFP]

NATO has warned Georgia that its approval of new contentious legislation branding overseas-funded NGOs as “foreign agents” was a “step in the wrong direction”.

It was also a move “away from European and Euro-Atlantic integration”, the military alliance that Georgia aspires to one day join said on Wednesday, a day after the United States warned that the “Kremlin-style” law would force it to reassess ties with the country.

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