You are a true friend of this country. We are grateful for your personal and the United States support of our strategic partnership, the most important partnership of this country. Such a statement the Prime Minister of Georgia made during the meeting with US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo.

Giorgi Gakharia emphasized US-Georgia strategic partnership and thanked the US Secretary of State for his visit to Georgia.

“Of course, we are thankful for the United States support in combating COVID. As you know, we have a very successful story of cooperation, meaning Lugar Laboratory, which is key to Georgia’s response to COVID. First of all, I would like to underline that we really appreciate the continuous support of the US people and Government for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia. You know how important it is to our country with its territories occupied and occupation forces on our soil.

Our strategic partnership is based, first of all, on values: freedom, democracy, and shared geostrategic interests. In this very turbulent time in the region, we understand that we have to discuss these issues, and this is a great opportunity for us to discuss very important issues of deepening the cooperation between the US and Georgia in defense and security, economy, and consolidating democracy.

I would like to assure you, we feel that this is a great momentum for enhancing our cooperation, for enhanced partnership between our countries, for enhanced US presence in this region. So, welcome once again, and we are very thankful that you found time for this visit”, - said the Head of the Government.