Georgia was at the center of yesterday"s U.S. State Department press release. The statement briefed journalists on the meeting of the North Atlantic Council on Black Sea security. The senior official said the department was "concerned about numerous irregularities that we saw in those elections".

"we stand by the Bucharest 2008 declaration affirming that Georgia has a future in NATO. Georgia has made tremendous strides in reform, particularly in the defence sector, is an outsized contributor to international security missions, so our policy position has not changed.
And we are happy to see that the presidential elections went off as smoothly as they did. We are concerned about numerous irregularities that we saw in those elections but are very watchful now in how the Georgians implement their new constitution, and I think the early part of next year will be a test for democratic institutions in Georgia." - said the senior official state department official.