US: With invasion of Georgia, Russia demonstrated willingness to violate sovereignty of states in region
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The President of the United States, Donald Trump has unveiled his National Security Strategy and the document mentions Georgia.
The document says that "with its invasions of Georgia and Ukraine, Russia has demonstrated its willingness to violate the sovereignty of states in the region”.
In the document, Europe is referred to as "one of the most prosperous regions in the world” and America’s "most significant trading partner”. But it adds that Russia is using subversive measures to weaken the credibility of America’s commitment to Europe, undermine transatlantic unity, and weaken European institutions and governments.
"Russia continues to intimidate its neighbors with threatening behavior, such as nuclear posturing and the forward deployment of offensive capabilities”, the new National Security Strategy said.
The document named Russia and China as America’s top competitors and threats.
The President of the United States of America, Donald Trump and the first lady Melania Trump, have met with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
A delegation of United States (US) Congressmen has met with the Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili today, where the parties discussed the issue of appointing a US special representative on relations with Georgia.
United States (US) President Donald Trump has signed a bill to counter aggression by the Governments of Iran, the Russian Federation and North Korea.
Kvirikashvili stated US is Georgia’s dedicated friend, a faithful geopolitical ally and a strategic partner, with whom we share common values and global security priorities."Our strategic goal is to retake our rightful place in the family of European nations," the PM stressed.
The year of 2017 has featured the "unprecedentedly close” cooperation between the governments of Georgia and the United States, says the Georgian Embassy to the US. The embassy summed up the past year and said that during 2017 a number of "strategically important” decisions were made and executed.