Georgian leaders congratulate US President-elect Joe Biden on election victory
Joe Biden (right) has become the 46th president defeating incumbent President Donald Trump in the presidential elections on November 3. Photo: Joe Biden/Twitter
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze have congratulated the United States President-elect Joe Biden on his election victory.
President Salome Zurabishvili has tweeted:
My congratulations @JoeBiden! #Georgia, the #Caucasus region, and the world need a free, strong and democratic America.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) November 7, 2020
I look forward to working with you to make the cooperation and the bonds between our two nations stronger and deeper. ????????????????????
Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia also noted that Georgia looks forward to continue ‘further strengthening the US-Georgia Strategic partnership’ under his presidency.
On behalf of the people of ???????? congratulations to the President-elect @JoeBiden, a longtime friend of Georgia and Vice-President-elect @KamalaHarris. We look forward to continue further strengthening the US-Georgia Strategic partnership.
— Giorgi Gakharia (@GakhariaGiorgi) November 7, 2020
Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has also joined in:
Congratulations to President-Elect @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! Looking forward to strengthening excellent US-Georgia relations and to work jointly for democracy and progress.
— Archil Talakvadze (@A_Talakvadze) November 7, 2020
Joe Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump in November 3 presidential elections. In his address to nation last night Biden claimed he would seek to unify rather than divide the nation.
Meanwhile, a video of Kamala Harris, America's first female vice president-elect, congratulating Biden shortly after CNN projected their win, has gone viral on Twitter.
We did it, @JoeBiden. pic.twitter.com/oCgeylsjB4
— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
A new president will take the oath of office on January 20, 2021 after all votes are counted, the states clarify election results and new congress is sworn in.
Donald Trump meanwhile refuses to accept the election results, claiming he has won. Trump has recently tweeted that his observers were not allowed into the counting rooms where‘bad things happened’.
THE OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED INTO THE COUNTING ROOMS. I WON THE ELECTION, GOT 71,000,000 LEGAL VOTES. BAD THINGS HAPPENED WHICH OUR OBSERVERS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO SEE. NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE. MILLIONS OF MAIL-IN BALLOTS WERE SENT TO PEOPLE WHO NEVER ASKED FOR THEM!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2020
However, his claims about alleged election fraud have been disputed.