Ambassador Dunnigan: Internal State Department memorandum has nothing to do with Georgia

15:25, 28.02.2024

“I’m surprised at the attention that the internal State Department memo generated in Georgia,” said Robin Dunnigan, US Ambassador to Georgia.

The US Ambassador remarked on the question about the internal State Department memorandum where Antony Blinken, US Secretary of State urges employees to avoid using words such as father, mother, daughter, son, husband and wife.

“I’m surprised at the attention that has received here because that is an internal memo to the State Department helping people in the State Department who wanted to be more inclusive in the workplace find ways to talk about that. I will say that it has nothing to do with Georgia. It’s nothing that we published here in Georgia, but what it’s really about is helping people in the State Department be more inclusive.

I will say regarding language that has a gender, the Georgian language also doesn’t have he and she, which I think is interesting. I am a proud mother, a proud wife, a proud sister, my children, my parents. I think that we all should strive to use language that treats others with respect,” she said.

By - Elene Dobordjginidze

Politics

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