Georgian MPs discuss security, strategic ties with US lawmakers
The Georgian Parliamentary delegation visiting the United States. Photo: Parliament press office
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Members of a Georgian Parliamentary delegation on Wednesday discussed the country’s security and strategic cooperation with the United States during meetings in the Senate of the State of Georgia.
Chaired by Irakli Beraia, the head of the Defence and Security Committee of the Georgian Parliament, the delegation held meetings with senators from the committees of Veterans, Military Affairs and Homeland Security.
They also had discussions with lawmakers from the Defence and Veterans Affairs Committees in the House of Representatives, the Georgian Parliament said.
The visiting MPs highlighted the possibility of developing economic ties between the country and the State of Georgia, and noted the “favourable business environment” in the former.
The delegation was also introduced to the US body’s legal framework and operation of specific committees.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Defence and Security Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Tuesday said at the ongoing NATO Summit in Vilnius, Georgia was supposed to “get closer” to its “main foreign policy goal” - full integration into the Alliance.
Regional security matters, the ongoing war in Ukraine and its consequences for Georgia, and the situation in the Russian-occupied regions of Georgia were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's Defence and Security Committee, and Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the Chair of the Defence Committee of the German Bundestag.
Irakli Beraia, the Chair of the Parliament's Defence and Security Committee from the ruling Georgian Dream, and five other lawmakers from the party on Thursday visited the administrative line separating the Russian-occupied Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region from the rest of the country and called the occupation “temporary”.
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.