Parliament speaker, USAID mission director discuss cooperation
Papuashvili also reviewed the government’s progress in implementing the European Union recommendations for granting Georgia the membership candidate status. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Cooperation between the Georgian parliament and the United States Agency for International Development was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the speaker of the Georgian legislative body Shalva Papuashvili and John Pennell, the newly appointed mission director for USAID in the Caucasus.
Papuashvili extended his gratitude to the agency for support provided to Georgia over the years, the Georgian parliament’s press office said.
Papuashvili also reviewed the government’s progress in implementing the European Union recommendations for granting Georgia the membership candidate status.
The officials discussed possible directions of further cooperation, with Pennell informing the Georgian official about priorities of the new USAID programme and expressing his readiness to cooperate with the Georgian lawmaking body.
Bonnie Jenkins, the United States undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, will visit Tbilisi today, the state department said on Tuesday.
The United States Agency for International Development announced on Friday the signing of a five-year, $21 million programme that facilitates "more effective and accountable" local governance in support of Georgia’s ongoing decentralisation reforms.
The Embassy of the United States to Georgia on Tuesday said the United States would not “turn its back” on its partners in Georgia and Ukraine no matter how much their independence might “annoy” Russia.
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Bonnie Jenkins, the United States undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, on Thursday said the Tbilisi-based Lugar laboratory of the national centre for disease control was a “pioneer” in Georgia's fight against Covid-19 and noted the US’ “pride” in its cooperation with the laboratory.
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