Georgian president asks for meeting with Trump before he meets with Putin

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili says that an official request regarding a meeting with the US President has already been sent to Washington. Photo: President’s press office.

Agenda.ge, 29 Jan 2019 - 11:18, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has told journalists that her administration has already sent a note to Washington requesting a meeting with US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin allegedly due in spring.

The exact date of a Trump-Putin meeting remains unknown.

Trump and Putin may meet. We do not know anything about the agenda of the meeting. It is most important for me to meet with the US president before he meets with Putin. The meeting will give me the possibility to share our views with Trump about the most painful issues for [our] country,” Zurabishvili said, adding she does not know whether Trump will have the time for such a meeting or now.