U.S. praises Georgian Elections

U.S. Department of State endorses Georgia's presidential election as a representation of the will of Georgian people saying that they "witnessed another historic day.

"The United States congratulates the citizens of Georgia on their peaceful presidential election, reads the Mondays statement from the U.S. Department of State about Georgias presidential election.

"It is an important step in Georgias democratic development and its embrace of Euro-Atlantic institutions, it reads.

"We support the OSCEs international election observation mission and its assessment that the election was efficiently administered, transparent, and took place in an amicable and constructive environment. However, we also note the assessments concerns, including allegations of political pressure at the local level.

In the statement, it is also noted that the U.S. Department of State looks forward to working with the President-elect, the government, Parliament, and the people of Georgia to build upon their strong strategic partnership, to foster Georgias Euro-Atlantic aspirations, and to continue to support a brighter future for the Georgian people.

The US Ambassador to Georgia, Richard Norland also congratulated the President-elect Giorgi Margvelashvili.

"I think looking forward now, its clearly an opportunity for the political parties in Georgia to reach out their hands to each other and find the way to cooperate and to build a mutual trust and openness in order to deal with the serious challenges which the country continues to face, Norland said.