The visit of US Vice President Mike Penns to Georgia and the political processes taking place in Georgia have attracted the attention of Carnegie Center analyst.

In the article "Open Georgia, Closed Georgia", Thomas de Waal notes that despite the fact that Georgia is still an example of success in an authoritarian neighborhood, three recent trends are a reminder that elements of that story are reversible. De Waal names constitutional amendments, xenophobic manifestations and the kidnapping of journalist Afgan Mukhtar as such elements

Tedo Japaridze, Georgian prime Minister`s s Advisor on Foreign Relations, stressed that the US Vice-President and Delegation members did not pay attention to these issues.

"Mr de Waal is a competent expert, I know him very well, but today, of all the questions that he has named, neither Mr. Pence nor his delegation members paid attention to," - Tedo Japaridze said.