MP Lashkhi: Georgia’s parliamentary delegation receives positive signals from Washington

“Georgia’s parliamentary delegation received highly significant and positive messages during official meetings held in the United States Senate, Congress, and at various research and analytical institutions,” stated MP Mariam Lashkhi, Chair of the Committee on Education, Science and Youth Affairs, speaking during the delegation’s visit to the United States.

Lashkhi described the delegation’s schedule of meetings as particularly substantive and wide-ranging, emphasising the importance of the signals being received.

“First and foremost, there is a clear willingness and readiness for strategic relations not merely to be renewed, but to begin on an entirely new page, oriented towards tangible results and directly reflective of the well-being of our two nations. This cooperation would manifest in the deepening of economic ties, in direct American investment, and, most crucially, in the protection of our country’s sovereign rights and the establishment of a partnership grounded in mutual respect.

It is worth noting that the outlook is entirely different from what we encountered in meetings with the previous administration. Not only have the attitudes and dispositions changed, but so too, and this above all, has the respect underpinning our renewed relationship,” Lashkhi stated.

She further noted that the Summit of Sovereign Nations, which opened that same day, would mark a pivotal turning point in resetting bilateral relations.

“As you may be aware, Republican Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna invited the Georgian delegation not merely as observers, but as active participants in the conference, a significant gesture on the part of the United States. Georgia will have the opportunity to give voice to the Georgian people at the Summit of Sovereign Nations, to defend national interests, and to share with those present the experience of how our country has been compelled to safeguard both its sovereignty and its peace under considerable geopolitical pressure.

The panels will address freedom of speech and energy policy. The importance of Georgia’s role in the Middle Corridor will be underscored. Georgia will once again affirm its interests, grounded both in socio-economic prosperity and, above all, in the sovereignty of our nation,” Lashkhi said.

The parliamentary delegation, led by Nikoloz Samkharadze, Chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, comprises Lika Shartava, a member of the European Integration Committee, and Eka Sepashvili, representing the parliamentary opposition from People’s Power.