Linkevičius made the statement during a meeting with his Georgian counterpart, Maya Pandzhikidze, who is on an official visit in Lithuania.
According to the press release circulated by the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry, Linkevičius urged Georgian political forces to pool their efforts and achieve the reforms necessary for the country's objectives.
"In the context, Linkevičius stressed the importance of guaranteeing the superiority of law and invited to avoid actions that could be treated as political persecution of opponents," reads the press release.
During the face-to-face meeting, the Lithuanian minister also expressed strong support to the determination of the new government formed after the elections on October 1, 2012, to continue in efforts for European and Euro-Atlantic integration. Pandzhikidze was assured that Lithuania was willing to continue its support to Georgia's path.
No selective justice
Visiting Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maya Pandzhikadze rejected reproaches over the persecution of political opponents saying that Georgia's new government just wants to investigate events of the past.
"My answer is that many people were surprised that the Georgian Dream could win the elections, and the next surprise for all our friends and partners is that Saakashvili was not the biggest democrat in the world," the minister said in an interview with BNS.
"I can assure everybody who is asking that there will be no selective justice in Georgia and everything will be accomplished according to the rule of law and the protection of human rights," she said.
"When the process of investigation and trials and courts ends, we can talk another time on this issue and see that there was everything like in a democratic country. We need to investigate our past to avoid the same mistakes in the future," the Georgian minister said.
