Parliament Committee Chair: Georgian authorities have no intention of “any kind of attack” on US Ambassador
Kadagishvili noted that the questions posed to the United States Ambassador in the country should not be “perceived” as an attack, pointing out that “this is not an attack, but an attempt to ensure that there are no outstanding issues”. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
Tweet 
Share
Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, on Monday said Georgian authorities had “no intention” to issue “any kind of organised attack” on the United States or its Ambassador in the country, ruling out the possibility of such a scenario.
Kadagishvili noted that the questions posed to the United States Ambassador in the country should not be “perceived” as an attack, pointing out that “this is not an attack, but an attempt to ensure that there are no outstanding issues”.
Several important issues have arisen in recent months, and these questions have been posed to the [US] Ambassador [Kelly Degnan]. Clarifying some issues should not be perceived as an attack. On the contrary, it is an attempt to ensure that there are no outstanding issues and that all issues are open and clear”, the Parliament official said.
The US Department of State Spokesperson Ned Price on July 20 said that “disinformation and personal attacks on Ambassador Degnan or her team are not consistent with how partners communicate with one another”.
The comments by Price followed a recent statement by Tbilisi City Court Judge Lasha Chkhikvadze, who alleged interference of an Embassy representative in his sentencing of Nika Gvaramia, the founder of the opposition-minded Mtavari Arkhi channel, to imprisonment in May.
Degnan on Friday said any suggestion of the US interfering in the judicial process in Georgia was “simply not true”.
Irakli Garibashvili, the Prime Minister of Georgia, on Friday said he placed “great importance” on “further strengthening” ties and cooperation with the United States and the European Union, pledging to do his “best” to ensure an “even closer partnership” with the US and the bloc.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday rejected the idea that “any attack” has been issued by “any Georgian official” against the United States Ambassador in the country.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, on Thursday rejected the idea of the ruling Georgian Dream party producing “any anti-Western rhetoric”, and noted “we have friendly and partnerly relations with the United States of America”.
The Government of Georgia and the United States “are allies, period”, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Thursday.
Irakli Kadagishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's rules and procedural issues committee, on Wednesday said the domestic opposition was “very confused” about steps it should take on the backdrop of political development in the country in its European Union integration process.