Botchorishvili: Georgia wants to establish strategic partnership with US

Georgia hopes that the US will take concrete steps to normalize relations between the two countries in the near future, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili told journalists, Report informs.

According to her, the Georgian side wants a strategic partnership to be formed between the two countries that takes into account the interests of both countries.

"I had the opportunity to speak with the US Secretary of State during the opening of the Olympic Games in Milan. One thing is clear: the new administration has a very negative legacy regarding Georgia. The secretary of state has clearly stated that all of this must be reconsidered. We hope that in the near future we will see concrete steps taken by the US, first of all, to normalize relations with Georgia, and then to discuss the issues we have already discussed repeatedly. We want a strategic partnership with a clean slate, a strategic partnership filled with substance, taking into account the interests of both countries," she said.

Botchorishvili expects that the issue of reconsidering relations with Georgia will be more actively included on the US agenda.

"We had the opportunity to communicate with US representatives for two days. On the first day, we spent more time with US Vice President JD Vance, and on the second day, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The discussions were quite substantive. Even in a short time, we were able to focus on the important issues currently on the agenda of Georgian-American relations," Botchorishvili noted.