Ruling party official questions silence from Trump administration on Georgia despite “perfect alignment”

Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday commented on the open letter of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze addressed to the US President Donald Trump, by expressing concern over the lack of acknowledgement from the new United States administration toward Georgia, despite what he called a “perfect alignment” of tone and messaging between the two Governments.

In his remarks, Mdinaradze emphasised that Georgia today could speak with “boldness and confidence” on the international stage.

“We are very interested in why it is that the tone, sentiment, and attitude of our Government and that of the United States administration - especially the messages voiced by them, which we had been expressing long before - perfectly match one another, and yet not a single word has been said about Georgia by the newly elected United States President or his administration”, the ruling party official said.

He further criticised the continued enforcement of decisions made under the Biden administration, labelling them “criminal” and hostile to Georgia’s elected officials.

“There are reasons behind this, which we cannot explain - that explanation must come from the leaders of that country, those who have still left in force the criminal decisions made by the Biden administration and its criminal attitude toward Georgia and its democratically elected Government representatives”, he noted.

Mdinaradze concluded by saying that Georgia had adopted many of the positions currently voiced by the United States long before they became mainstream, yet has not received any recognition or support in return.

“Until these decisions are explained and reversed, the question will continue to be asked - not only in Georgia, but wherever this message is heard around the world - why is it that despite the absolute alignment of positions (and, in fact, Georgia had voiced many of these positions even months or years before the United States did), there has not been a single supportive statement?” he concluded.