The Deputy Foreign Minister Lasha Darsalia’s visit to Washington aimed to engage with US officials, keep Georgia on the US agenda, and demonstrate the country’s readiness to reset its strategic partnership with the United States. Such a statement made today the Georgian Foreign Minister.

“We are patiently awaiting proposals and discussions from the United States regarding the renewal and reset of relations with Georgia. Recently, a congressional delegation visited Georgia, and we discussed Georgia-US relations and ongoing processes in the country with them.

Lasha Darsalia’s visit to Washington also serves the purpose of communicating with as many people as possible, raising discussions about Georgia, and keeping Georgia on the US agenda in the sense that we are ready to reset relations”, - said Maka Botchorishvili.

She also commented on the US House Judiciary interim report titled “The Threat of Foreign Censorship, Part II: Europe’s Decade-Long Campaign for Global Internet Censorship and How It Harms Freedom of Expression in the US”.

“We can confidently say that the criticism directed at Georgia over the years has been demonstrably unfair. Of course, it would have been better to discuss such issues at the highest political level. Georgia is a living example of what is being discussed today in the US. Georgia can be seen as the best example of the consequences when one interferes so bluntly in another country’s domestic politics - such interference, instead of supporting democracy, actually acts against it”, - added the Minister.

The US – Georgia relations were discussed in a meeting between Lasha Darsalia, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia, who is on a working visit to Washington, and Brendan Hanrahan, the US Assistant Secretary of State.