US President Donald J. Trump congratulates President Zurabishvili on victory
President Trump said he looks forward to continuing the close partnership between the US and Georgia. Photo: Reuters
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President of the United States Donald J. Trump has sent a congratulation letter to the President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili sending best wishes to her and Georgia.
“The United States fully supports Georgia’s territorial integrity, prosperity and democratic development, as well as Georgia's further interaction with the West,” reads the letter from President Trump.
He looks forward to continuing the close partnership between the United States and Georgia on a range of issues, including ‘robust security cooperation’.
“We remain grateful for your country’s contributions to North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and the considerable sacrifices of its soldiers,” reads the letter.
The US Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Aaron Wess Mitchell stated at a NATO-Georgia public diplomacy forum in Tbilisi today that the US President Donald Trump supports the 2008 NATO Bucharest declaration and appeals to alliance member states to adhere to the obligations taken within the declaration.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has welcomed the United States 2018 Spending Bill increasing US assistance for Georgia. US President Donald Trump signed the $1.3 trillion spending bill into law yesterday. $105,325,000 will now be made available for assistance for Georgia.
As the partnership between Georgia and US continues to deepen, Donald Trump looks forward to exploring ways to ensure the two countries’ "peoples’ prosperity and security.”
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze told Fox News yesterday that under US President Donald Trump’s leadership Georgian-American relations are at an all-time high. Bakhtadze spoke about Georgian territorial conflict issues and said that 20 per cent of historically Georgian lands are occupied by Russia.