On October 7, the Washington Times published an article about Georgia. Wes Martin, author of the article “Georgia is key for latest geopolitical strategies realignment” writes that Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia possesses experience and skill to walk Georgia toward the European Union and NATO.

According to the article, Gakharia came to the post of Georgia’s Prime Minister “with impressive credentials.” Wes Martin, who is a retired U.S. Army colonel, writes that Gakharia entered Georgian politics as the government’s business ombudsman. As secretary of the National Security Council, minister of Economy and most recently as the minister of Interior, he has always pushed for the implementation of reforms to increase accountability, openness and transparency.

“His success in the economic sector greatly contributed to Georgia recently being ranked number six in the World Bank’s global Doing Business index. Georgia ranks higher than most EU nations when it comes to government effectiveness and corruption perceptions.

In his swearing-in comments, Mr. Gakharia also called for “clever and rational” use of all “existing formats” for dealing with Russia and its occupation of Georgian territories. Mr. Gakharia understands that direct military confrontation with Russia will produce disastrous results. He has also not forgotten Russia preceded that military invasion with a cyber offensive that shut down the Georgian government and its financial institutions.

Mr. Gakharia possesses the experience and skill to walk Georgia toward the European Union and NATO without directly provoking Moscow. Russia is the most immediate but not the only security concern. Unless the situation in the region changes, it is only a matter of time until other U.S. adversaries in the region will turn their attention to Georgia,” reads the article.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/7/georgia-is-key-for-latest-geopolitical-strategies-/