Georgia's Foreign Minister Holds Meetings in Washington

Within the framework of his visit to Washington, Foreign Minister of Georgia, David Zalkaliani, met Senate’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, Senator Bob Corker.

Zalkaliani was invited to Washington by the US State Secretary Mike Pompeo to participate in an international conference on religious freedom with 40 other foreign ministers and top officials taking part in the event.

After the meeting with Corker, Zalkaliani stated that Georgia has the firm support of the US Senate Foreign Affairs Committee and this support has already been revealed many times.

Georgia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) reports that the sides discussed Georgia-US strategic partnership and the further enhancement of relations, challenges in the region and the situation in the Georgian occupied regions.

“I provided the Senator with information about the human rights violations in the Abkhazia and South Ossetia (Tskhinvali) occupied regions of Georgia,” Zalkaliani said.

Zalkaliani stated that he also informed Corker about the Georgian government’s peace initiative to the population in the occupied territories, which aims at improving the humanitarian, social and economic conditions of the populations in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.

The Minister thanked the US side for active bipartisan support for Georgia, which was recently marked by various measures and initiatives.

Zalkaliani also met Deputy Secretary of State of the US, John Sullivan. During the meeting, Deputy Secretary Sullivan thanked Georgia for its contribution to NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and reinforced US support for Georgia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity.

The two leaders discussed outcomes of the NATO Summit and ongoing judicial and economic reforms in Georgia.

Today, Dep. Sec. Sullivan met FM @DZalkaliani on sidelines of #IRFMinisterial to thank #Georgia for contribution to #NATO’s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan & underscore US support for Georgia’s sovereignty, independence, and territorial integrity. https://t.co/pOH4ZnNKCR pic.twitter.com/ykj9gZUBd5

— Heather Nauert (@statedeptspox) July 26, 2018

By Thea Morrison