Parliament official, US Defence Attaché discuss strategic partnership

The strategic partnership between Georgia and the United States in defence and security and the importance of strengthening it were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee in the Georgian Parliament, and Joseph Bilbo, the US Defence Attaché in Georgia. 

In his remarks following the meeting, Beraia highlighted the “special importance” of the ties.

The Georgian-American strategic partnership is of special importance for the protection of the common values of the two countries, for the deepening of national interests, as well as for strengthening the security of the region and the Euro-Atlantic space as a whole”, the Parliament official said.

“The US firmly supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, the integration of our country into NATO and the European Union, and the strengthening of its defence capabilities. A further strengthening of the strategic partnership between the two countries is in our common interests”, he added.