Georgian PM, USAID official review existing, future cooperation
The conversation touched on the steps taken by Georgia on the path of European integration, with Garibashvili stressing his country would “do everything” to achieve its goal of becoming a member of the European Union. Photo via Government Administration
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The prospects of the existing and future cooperation, including in trade and economics, were reviewed on Thursday by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Erin McKee, the Assistant Administrator in the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia at USAID.
At the meeting held in the Government Administration, the officials discussed ways of strengthening the partnership between Georgia and the United States.
The importance of strategic relations between the two states and the need to deepen them were also emphasised at the meeting, the Administration said.
The conversation touched on the steps taken by Georgia on the path of European integration, with Garibashvili stressing his country would “do everything” to achieve its goal of becoming a member of the European Union.
Robin Dunnigan, the newly appointed Ambassador of the United States to Georgia, John Pennell, the USAID Mission Director to Georgia, and Aaron Rupert, the Deputy Chief of the US Embassy Political-Economic Affairs Division, as well as Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, attended the meeting.
Erin Elizabeth McKee, the United States Agency for International Development Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, will head the US delegation at the Tbilisi Silk Road Forum, set to run in the Georgian capital between Thursday and Friday.
Georgia’s electoral reform was discussed on Monday in a meeting between Giorgi Kalandarishvili, the Chair of the Central Election Commission, and John Pennell, the Mission Director for the United States Agency for International Development in the Caucasus.
The United States Agency for International Development and Visa are starting a new partnership aiming at supporting the strengthening of Georgian-based small and medium-sized businesses and the digitisation of their activities.
The United States Agency for International Development has allocated a grant of $220,000 for supporting financial market development in Georgia, the national bank of Georgia announced on Wednesday.
The United States Agency for International Development and the Georgian Education Ministry have launched a $14 million US Government-funded programme to strengthen Georgia’s education sector and increase education quality and equality in schools, the Agency said on Thursday.
The “positive cooperation” between the Georgian Government and the International Maritime Organisation, and support in the former’s implementation of reforms were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Kitack Lim, the Secretary General of the IMO.
Nino Tandilashvili, the Georgian Deputy Minister of Environmental Protection and Agriculture, on Friday discussed joint projects and prospects for future cooperation with Michelle Koscielski, the Economic Growth Director of the United States Agency for International Development.