Georgian PM highlights importance of “rebooting” relations with US

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Wednesday said the relations between Georgia and the United States needed a “reboot”.

Kobakhidze said statements made by American officials about the domestic law on transparency of foreign influence, adopted by the Georgian Parliament late May, were “counterproductive” for bilateral relations.

We once again heard many unfair assessments regarding Georgia. It was an attack on the state of Georgia by specific politicians, which is very sad. We want to propose to our American partners a different agenda - a reboot agenda”, he said.

“I hope that in the end, pragmatic decisions will be made by our American partners, which will help to reboot relations. Rebooting relations is equally in the interests of Georgia and the United States, and I hope that appropriate steps will be taken by them”, the PM continued.

He further added the “main thing” was to see the US Government establish a “correct, pragmatic and fair” position in relation to Georgia, and further pointed out that “in such a case it is possible to achieve a reboot in Georgian-American relations”.