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The News in Brief

Monday, January 22, 2024
Prepared by Messenger Staff

USAID Responds to Shalva Papuashvili, Affirms Support for Georgia's Euro-Atlantic Aspirations

The USAID representative office in Georgia has responded to the statement made by the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili.

In the statement distributed by First Channel, the organization wrote that the US government, through USAID, is collaborating with numerous organizations for the benefit of Georgia to promote tolerance.

According to the USAID representative in Georgia, they maintain constant, open, and transparent communication with the Georgian government.

"The US government, via USAID, collaborates with numerous organizations to promote tolerance and benefit Georgia. We maintain constant, open, and transparent communication with the Georgian government concerning how our programs contribute to supporting Georgia's Euro-Atlantic aspirations," the organization stated.



Georgian Government Delegation Concludes Working Visit to China

The visit of the delegation from the ruling party to the People's Republic of China, led by the chairman of Georgian Dream, Irakli Kobakhidze was concluded on January 20.

"Today, we concluded our visit to China, having had very fruitful meetings with the leadership of the ruling party's foreign team, the minister, the deputy minister, the deputy minister of trade, the deputy chairman of the National People's Congress, and the leadership of the city of Shanghai.

The potential is huge. Our desire and goal is to deepen cooperation with China at different levels and in different directions. A strategic partnership agreement was signed last year, which creates a very good basis for deepening the partnership in absolutely all areas. Of course, political cooperation is important, we have a special potential in the field of economy, we should use this potential as much as possible," said Kobakhidze.