US budget 2022 includes $88 mln for Georgia

The US Department of State has released the US Congressional Budget Justification for 2022, which includes $88 million in assistance for Georgia.

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The US assistance ‘will support Georgia’s democratisation, economic development, Euro-Atlantic integration, and build resilience to counter Kremlin malign influence’. 

Funding will help strengthen institutional checks and balances and the rule of law; develop a more vibrant civil society; improve access to independent, reliable, and balanced media; promote political pluralism; support reconciliation efforts including in Abkhazia; increase energy security and advance clean energy; promote reforms necessary to foster economic development; expand private-sector competitiveness and agricultural productivity; and attract foreign investment”, the document reads. 

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It also notes that ‘increased funding will help enhance energy security and cybersecurity, as well as economic opportunities and integration for populations susceptible to Russian malign influence’.