US Assistant Secretary of State announces Georgia to participate in upcoming NATO Summit in Washington

James O’Brien, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, on Monday announced that the US authorities had decided to invite Georgia to participate in the upcoming NATO Summit in Washington.

At the briefing, O’Brien said the US was “very troubled by the decisions and rhetoric coming from a very small number of leaders of the Georgian Dream [party]”.

The NATO Summit, to take place in Washington on July 9-11, is a meeting of the heads of state and heads of Government of the 32 members of the Alliance, their partner countries, and the European Union.