On October 23, U.S. National Security advisor Jake Sullivan reiterated U.S. concern about Georgia’s electoral process. He answered Globalnew.ge’s question about Georgia at the Brookings Institution, Washington, where Sullivan gave a speech on President Biden’s international economic vision and strategy.
“We have made our concerns about the direction of democratic institutions and electoral process in Georgia very clear, and we remain extremely concerned about it. The future of Georgia is ultimately decided by the Georgians in a fair and free process. Jake Sullivan: “I don’t believe anyone in Georgia wants their country mortgaged to another country, including the PRC.”
Irakli Kobakhidze, Georgia’s Prime Minister, responded to Sullivan by saying that Georgia had a 3,000 year history where no one “had dared to mortgage Georgia or even use such terminology”. Kobakhidze said after the elections and war in Ukraine relations with the U.S. would be reset. “No one will dare tell Georgia that it has to go into the forest and fight for global interest from there,” he said. He was referring to the story told in the interview of GD Honorary Chairperson Bidzina Ivanishvili on 22 October. In that interview, he claimed a high-level official in an unnamed nation had allegedly suggested that former Prime Minister Irakli
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