Georgia is ready to immediately restore its strategic partnership with the United States from a clean slate. The Prime Minister of Georgia said this during his annual address to the Parliament.

“We are ready to immediately restore the strategic partnership with the United States from a clean slate, to forget all the injustices we saw under the previous administration. Our hand is extended - we are waiting for a response from the United States”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.

He rejected claims that Georgia was shifting its alignment from the US toward China, arguing that the country’s foreign policy was not based on substitution of partners but on diversification of international relations.

“The question was raised about whether our government is replacing the US with China. We are not talking about any replacement whatsoever.

You know that the previous administration, between the presidential election and inauguration, suspended the strategic partnership with Georgia, and this status quo has remained in place.

We have made multiple statements regarding the strategic partnership with the US and said that we are ready today to restore it - and more than that, to restore it from a clean slate. We can forget all the injustices we saw under the previous administration and start afresh, even with a concrete roadmap that would reflect the national interests of both countries… Our hand is extended, and we are waiting for a response from the US. Based on recent trends, I will say once again that we remain optimistic about the restoration of the strategic partnership”, - said Irakli Kobakhidze.