Georgian Foreign Minister discusses counter terrorism issues in US

Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze is participating in a meeting of the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS in the US capital of Washington D.C.

Participating in the Global Coalition 68 partners meeting on the Defeat of ISIS @coalitionpic.twitter.com/ednSrEfofx

— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) March 22, 2017

Janelidze is among 68 other foreign ministers hosted by the US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the US Department of the State.

Georgia has been engaged in the works of the global coalition since its establishment. This is how we prove our important efforts in the struggle against terrorism”, Janelidze said.

Minister Janelidze believes Georgia has an important role to play in regional security and stability as well. Photo by MFA Georgia

Our cooperation with the US aims at ensuring even more security and stability in the region and Georgia’s importance and role [in this effort]”, Janelidze added.

Established in 2014, the coalition aims at developing a long-term strategy against ISIS and to enhance counter-terrorism efforts and to manage the humanitarian crisis in the region.

We remain firmly united in our outrage at ISIS’s atrocities and in our determination to eliminate this global threat and overcome its false, destructive narrative. We reiterate our commitment to an integrated, multidimensional and comprehensive approach to defeat ISIS and its global networks, fully recognising this will require sustained, focused efforts”, the ministers said in a joint statement.

Arriving in the US on Sunday, Janelidze has met with a number of US senators and congressmen, expert communities and think-tanks. Photo by MFA Georgia

With the new administration, US-Georgian relations have gained new energy. High level meetings have once again proved our strategic partnership as well as set the future agenda”, Janelidze said from Washington.

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This is Janelidze’s second visit to the US this year after his two-day official state visit to the US back in February.