Georgian PM, Trump’s security advisor O'Brien speak on phone, discuss strategic issues, security challenges, elections
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia (L) has invited National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Robert O'Brien to Georgia.
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States Robert O'Brien have spoken on the phone, discussing the issues of strategic partnership, Russian illegal actions in Georgia and the upcoming, October 31 parliamentary elections in the country.
Gakharia welcomed the recent peace deal in the Middle East reached under the US leadership. He also stated that considering geostrategic interests and common values, Georgia is a reliable partner and the main ally of the United States in the wider Black Sea Region,” the government of Georgia press office reported earlier today.
The officials discussed the process of Georgia's European and Euro-Atlantic integration and the importance of further deepening cooperation between the United States and Georgia in both security and economic fields, said the government’s press office.
Special attention was paid to Russia’s occupation activities in Georgia and the situation on the ground,” said the government’s press office.
Gakharia and O'Brien both stressed the importance of holding free, fair, and democratic parliamentary elections in Georgia in October.
Gakharia invited O'Brien to Georgia.
Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration continues, is actively deepening and fundamentally determines the future of the country, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia stated while presenting his annual report to members of parliament earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has come to parliament for the third time in a month to present an annual report, stating that Russia is a key challenge for Georgian security and is responsible for all incidents of human rights violations in the Georgian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali. He said that Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration is in progress and the country’s final goal is NATO membership.
US Senator David Perdue says support for Georgia’s national interests and security issues will be reflected on a legislative level, namely in the National Defense Authorization Act, which Perdue named as ‘demonstration of the strong bipartisan support Georgia enjoys in US Congress’.
At a meeting with the diplomatic corps in the Kakheti region of Georgia the Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia thanked the United States for its contribution in founding the Lugar Laboratory in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia.
United States Ambassador to Georgia Kelly Degnan said it is important to ensure that the upcoming parliamentary elections in Georgia be held in a fair, transparent and free environment.