Georgia welcomes US legislative act on Georgia’s Russian occupied regions

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.

• US act bans gov’t from supporting states that recognise Georgia’s occupied regions

Janelidze said it has a great political and financial importance for Georgia as it is the first time when the Russian occupation of the Georgian territories of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) has been officially indicated on the legislative level.

An unprecedented example of support of #Georgia's territorial integrity and #US-#Geo strategic partnership pic.twitter.com/uhXHECaIk2

— MFA of Georgia (@MFAgovge) May 6, 2017

Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili also welcomed Trump’s signing the act.

With this legislation the US protects Georgia’s sovereignty, unity and adds special strength to the non-recognition policy of its occupied regions”, Margvelashvili said.

Margvelashvili also said by signing the act the US-Georgia strategic partnership now become even stronger.