US Republican Study Committee's National Security Strategy Mentions Georgia

The US Republicans Study Committee has published its National Security Strategy with the heading “Strengthening America and Countering Global Threats”.

The authors of the report are Chairman of the Committee, Mike Johnson, and Chairman of Foreign Affairs and National Security Task Force, Joe Wilson. Georgia is mentioned a number of times in the document.

Specifically, the report mentions Georgia in the context of the Russian propaganda dissuasion, as well as Georgia’s occupied territories by Russia. Overall, the document highlights Georgia’s Support Act, which has to be acted on and which is already approved by the House of Representatives.

“The Task Force believes that Congress should continue to work to strengthen Georgia’s readiness and defense capabilities by approving arms sales to Georgia in support of its efforts against Russian aggression, offering military assistance, and improving Georgia’s interoperability with NATO. The Georgia Support Act, which has passed the House but not the Senate, mandates a report on how the United States can work with Georgia to counter Russian disinformation and ensure Georgian security needs. It also requires the President to impose sanctions against foreign persons responsible for or complicit in serious human rights abuses in the Russian-occupied Georgian regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali,” reads the issued statement.

By Bka Alexishvili