US Assistant Secretary of State: Georgia is regional leader in reforms
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The United States (US) Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell has expressed his appreciation for US-Georgia partnership.
Mitchell had a phone conversation with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili yesterday.
During the conversation, Mitchell praised Georgia as the regional leader in reforms. He said the role of Georgian Prime Minister Kvirikashvili in the reform process is exceptional.
PM Kvirikashvili stressed that the partnership with the US is the Georgian government’s top priority. He said 2017 has been exemplary for the US-Georgia partnership. Kvirikashvili stressed the US should consider Georgia as a reliable partner in the region.
During the conversation the two leaders discussed bilateral US-Georgia defense cooperation, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration, the US role in the consolidation of support for Georgia ahead of the upcoming NATO Summit.
The next regular meeting under the Georgia-US Charter on Strategic Partnership, which is scheduled to be held later in 2018 in Washington, will once again touch upon the prospects of deepening the partnership between the US and Georgia.
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Georgian President Giorgi Margvelasvili has left to the United States (US) capital of Washington. After his recent visit to Brussels, Belgium where Margvelashvili met with top European politicians, he will now discuss Georgia’s integration into NATO and security issues concerning Georgia.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili is continuing his working visit to the United States (US) discussing local and regional security challenges with American politicians.
During his visit Dr. Mitchell will meet with senior government officials as well as with other political leaders, representatives of civil society, and the American Chamber of Commerce to reinforce US support for Georgia’s aspirations to integrate into Euro-Atlantic institutions.
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The US Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs Aaron Wess Mitchell visited the village Odzisi today, at the occupation line between Georgia and its occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region.