Georgian Parliament Speaker Talakvadze visits US
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The Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Archil Talakvadze will visit the United States with the Parliamentary Delegation on February 5-10.
Talakvadze will participate in an annual event called National Prayer Breakfast, the two day event which includes a day full of meetings and forums organized by the US President.
Annualy, over 100 countries are represented in National Prayer Breakfast among the 3,500 attendees, including diplomats, religious leaders and missionary workers.
Meetings will also be held with Philip Reeker, Acting US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs and Brock Bierman, the USAID Assistant Administrator.
Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has urged opposition MPs, who are now protesting the rejection of an election reform bill on the streets, to return to the legislative body and voice their demands in parliament.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze paid an official visit to Montenegro on October 8-10. During the visit Talakvadze held meetings with Montenegrin President Milo Dukanovic, Parliament Speaker Ivan Brajović and other high-ranking officials.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze has told more than 500 foreign and local guests at the Tbilisi International Conference that no foreign country is happy to see its parliament stormed by protestors, commenting on the June 20-21 rallies in central Tbilisi.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze, who has recently been elected to the role, is visiting the United States on his first official trip, where he said that the proportional voting system, put forward by the Georgian Dream ruling party, will increase the legitimacy of the government and help stability in the country.