US Congressman: “Georgia is strongest democracy in region”
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United States Congressional Georgia Caucus Chairman, Congressman Ted Poe says that Georgia is the strongest democracy in the region.
Poe spoke at the 25th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between the US and Georgia at the Capitol Hill reception on Thursday.
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"[Georgia is] the strongest democracy in the region; democracy that walks to the West and is still fighting to keep independence from the Russian bear”, he said.
He added that many people in the West do not realise that Russia continues to move the "borders” of the two occupied Georgia territories and takes more and more land every day.
"A farmer may wake up in the morning and see that the fence line has been moved and now he is in the occupied territory that Russia occupies, whereas before he was not”, said the Congressman.
He also stressed that Georgia is the only country in the world that is a non-NATO partner and still has troops on the ground in Afghanistan, serving alongside Americans and dying alongside Americans.
"It tells of Georgia’s commitment to freedom and to the West”, he said.
In Poe’s words, the US desires that Georgia remains a democracy and continues to work to the West.
"The US wants to continue to work with Georgia and make it a stronger ally”, he said.
The United States (US) Vice President Mike Pence will pay a visit to Georgia, the White House said. Welcoming Pence to Georgia, the country’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili said this is yet another proof of the US support to Georgia.
"In a region that faces insecurity and outside pressure, Georgia has shown courage and determination in charting its own future”, United States President Donald Trump said in a letter sent to Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze said the United States President Donald Trump’s signing a legislative act banning the US government from financially helping countries that recognise the independence of Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions is unprecedented example of support for Georgia.
The United States House of Representatives has passed a legislative act banning the US government from financially helping countries that recognise the independence of Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions.
United States Congressman Gerry Connolly says that Georgia is an example for its neighbours.
Georgian leaders, President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, have sent congratulatory letters to President Donald Trump at the US celebrates the 240th anniversary of its Independence today.