The Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze expressed confidence that the relations with the USA will significantly change for the better from the beginning of next year.< /span>
„We want to deepen relations with the US as much as possible, which we have talked about more than once. From our side, we are absolutely open. The main thing is that we see counter steps. We are on standby. We are confident that sometime by the beginning of next year, the development of relations between Georgia and the United States will change significantly for the better, Kobakhidze told Georgian journalists.
The US Department of Defense announced on July 5 that the Georgia-US military exercises “Worthy Partner”, planned for the summer of 2024, are being postponed indefinitely due to a review of strategic relations. The US Department of Defense justified the decision to postpone the exercises with the fact that the Georgian authorities announced attempts by the US and the West to open a “second front”. to increase pressure on Russia in connection with the situation in Ukraine. The American side claims that such claims are false. In this regard, the United States authorities have decided that now is not the right time to conduct full-scale military exercises in Georgia.