U.S. State Department Representatives Visit Georgia
The U.S. State Department representatives are visiting Tbilisi from May 24 to 29 to meet with representatives of the Georgian Dream government, political parties, the business community, and Georgian faith leaders, the U.S. Embassy told Civil.ge on May 25.
The delegation includes Charles Yockey, Special Assistant to the U.S. Secretary of State, and Peter Andreoli, Director of the Office for Russian and Caucasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department, who previously visited Georgia in March.
“The meetings will focus on what is needed to set our two countries on a path to improved bilateral relations and increased prosperity for the Georgian and American people,” the Embassy said.
Marking the second U.S. visit in May following a trip by a U.S. deputy assistant secretary, the current visit comes amid largely frozen ties but intensifying contacts between Tbilisi and Washington, as Georgian Dream seeks to reset relations “from a clean slate.” While State Department representatives are in Tbilisi, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is scheduled to visit Armenia on May 26, but has no planned stop in Georgia.
Meeting with Irakli Kobakhidze
On May 25, the U.S. officials met with Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze. The meeting at the Government Administration was also attended by GD Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili and Government Administration Head Levan Zhorzholiani.
“The meeting focused on the importance of resetting USA-Georgia relations and establishing a strategic partnership based on a concrete roadmap,” the Georgian government administration said in a press release, adding that Kobakhidze reaffirmed the GD government’s “readiness to renew bilateral relations from a clean slate, based on mutual respect.”
“Special emphasis was placed on Georgia’s role as a trustworthy and reliable partner in the region,” the press release added, further stating that Kobakhidze said “Georgia remains ready to continue contributing to efforts aimed at ensuring long-term peace and stability in the region.”
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