“The ongoing reset process carries particular significance for us, because the new U.S. administration uses two specific terms when speaking about American-Georgian relations: sovereignty and national interests. These are precisely the two principles that the Biden administration chose to disregard, both concerning Georgia and to other countries’ sovereignty and national interests,” stated the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, in remarks to journalists.

According to Papuashvili, both sides agree that any new strategic partnership must be grounded in a substantive, real-world agenda focused on delivering tangible results for the Georgian and American peoples alike.

“This fundamental shift in American foreign policy is what matters most to us, and it is what gives us hope that a new strategic partnership can be built. As for the strategic partnership that was handed to the then-ruling United National Movement regime in 2009, in the wake of the August Georgia-Russia war, essentially as a consolation prize to prevent its total collapse, I believe there is now full consensus, on both sides, that it was a hollow and meaningless document: a declaration with no substantive content.

I believe both sides agree that a new strategic partnership must be built on a real agenda and must be oriented towards delivering tangible results for both the Georgian and the American people. In that regard, I believe we share a common vision with the U.S. administration,” said Papuashvili.