The article reports on the meetings between Maka Botchorishvili, the Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs (MFA), and two high-ranking officials from Austria. The meetings were held in Vienna.
**Main points:**
* Austria’s FM Meinh-Reisinger condemned the violence against peaceful pro-EU protesters and urged Georgia to respect freedom of assembly and accountability.
* Meinh-Reisinger emphasized the importance of dialogue between political parties and civil society in Georgia and keeping up dialogue with the EU.
* Botchorishvili expressed gratitude to Austria for its support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, stressing that it was Georgia’s “sovereign choice” to be part of the EU.
* She denied allegations of election fraud during the October 26 parliamentary elections and emphasized the importance of respecting the democratic choice of the Georgian people.
* Botchorishvili also met with Feridun Sinirlioğlu, the Secretary General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), to discuss security challenges in Georgia’s occupied regions.