07 February 2025,   12:00
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Thornton’s statement reveals that her focus is not on these relations, but on pushing her political group’s agenda both in the US and Georgia - Papuashvili

Speaker of the Georgian Parliament claimed allegations by Laura Thornton [Senior Director for Global Democracy Programmes at the McCain Institute], had “revealed her focus on advancing the agenda of her political group”, over prioritising relations between Georgia and the US.

In his remarks, Shalva Papuashvili noted that this approach reflected the style of the deep state, which he hoped President Trump would effectively address.

“The statement by Salome Zourabichvili’s employer made during a discussion on X about President Trump’s role in Georgia-US relations reveals that her focus is not on these relations, but on pushing her political group’s agenda both in the US and Georgia. This approach reflects the style of the deep state and I hope that President Trump will successfully handle it”, - added the Speaker.

Laura Thornton wrote on the X Platform: “I understand that it is in Georgia’s interests to make the case for Georgian democracy. But understand that he is a rapist and a criminal, so for many of us it, as the Georgians say, ‘cuts our ears’ to hear lavish praise and ingratiation of him from our Georgian friends”.

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