The Georgian parliamentary delegation will depart for Washington, D.C. The delegation includes members of the parliamentary majority: Nikoloz Samkharadze, Mariam Lashkhi, and Lika Shartava.
According to Nikoloz Samkharadze, Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on Foreign Relations, the delegation will hold meetings with members of Congress as well as representatives of the executive branch. He told the GPB First Channel that the visit will also include participation in a conference organized on behalf of the Alliance of Sovereign States.
“We will have the opportunity to hold discussions at think tanks about Georgia–US relations. We expect the visit to be productive and to contribute to resetting relations between the two countries. Our main objective is not only to restore the strategic partnership, but to strengthen it and give it more substantive content than before. It will be interesting to see the position of the American side. However, the fact that this visit is taking place gives us reason to believe that certain steps forward may be possible,” Samkharadze said.
Samkharadze also responded to opposition criticism regarding the invitation extended to the Georgian delegation by Anna Paulina Luna. He noted that the congresswoman is closely associated with representatives of the new US administration.
“As for Anna Paulina Luna, she is an active member of the so-called MAGA movement, which is connected to the Charlie Kirk Foundation. We know how close Charlie Kirk has been to the American president and his team. Therefore, if someone claims that she is pro-Russian, they would effectively be making the same claim about the new American administration, given her close ties to its representatives,” Samkharadze stated.