The United States of America’s Embassy in Georgia released a statement about the Senator and Congressman’s visit. Senator Shaheen and Congressman Turner have been on the official visit to the Republic of Georgia since August 9.
As per the Embassy of the USA in Georgia during the visit of the abovementioned person Saakashvili was not the topic of discussion. Moreover it also added that “neither misinformation nor speculation can resolve disagreements developed between both the countries after some misunderstanding.”
The embassy underlined specifically in the latest statement that the issue of former Georgian President Saakashvili was not discussed. However as per the statement “The main topic was that the United States of America wants good relations with the Republic of Georgia which has had some setbacks in the past. Moreover the first step in this direction should come from Georgia and we are waiting for their proposal.”
Both the USA’s representatives arrived in Georgia and interacted with the officials and members of the Georgian Government opposition and the non-governmental sector. They expressed their desire to restore good relations with Georgia. It is worth noting that the relations between both countries hit a new low with Georgia’s adoption of foreign agent law. Georgia adopted the law despite the resistance from opposition parties and the governments of many foreign countries. The President of Georgia vetoed the bill when it was sent to the President for assent.
The president while vetoing the bill returned it to parliament for reconsideration; however the bill was passed by the speaker of the Georgian parliament. Notably as per the Georgian law the speaker is fully authorized to pass any bill even if the President vetoes it. There were large-scale protests across the country against the adoption of the foreign agent law.
The capital city Tbilisi also witnessed large-scale protests. The protesters called it Russian law and wanted the government to repeal it with immediate effect. According to the opposition parties and protest leaders the law will suppress independent media voices.