Georgian President to Trump: lack of US attention toward Georgia raises questions among Georgians

Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili on Monday addressed an open letter to US President Donald Trump, expressing concerns that the Trump administration was not paying sufficient attention to Georgia, despite the full alignment of values between the two governments.

Kavelashvili expressed hope that Trump’s presidency would strengthen the United States and bring greater prosperity to the American people, as well as more peace, stability, and well-being to the entire world.

“First of all, I would like to reaffirm my deep respect for you as the leader elected by the American people. I would like to reiterate my hope that your presidency will strengthen the United States of America and bring greater prosperity to the American people, as well as greater peace, tranquility and prosperity to the world”, the President said.

Kavelashvili further emphasised that as the leaders of the Georgian Government had repeatedly stated publicly, resetting relations with the United States and renewing the strategic partnership between the two countries from a clean slate was one of the top priorities of Georgia’s foreign policy.

“We would like to remind you that the aforementioned strategic partnership was terminated by the Biden administration after your election as President of the United States, a few weeks before your inauguration, as part of the unjust, harsh and aggressive policy it pursued towards a number of sovereign states”, he continued.

The Georgian President further added that on this backdrop, it was necessary to note “with regret” once again that “your administration does not pay due attention to Georgia, which against the backdrop of complete value congruence ​​between the governments, causes bewilderment in Georgian society”.

“The issues that your administration is focusing on today were discussed by the ruling team of Georgia many years ago. However, despite the identity of the worldview, surprisingly and unfortunately, the deep state continues to operate in Georgia instead of your administration, which, using traditional tough methods, based on the model of USAID, NED and other similar organizations, continues to try destabilizing the situation and disrupting peace in Georgia. Fortunately, the Georgian people are more united than ever in the fight against the Deep State, as our fellow citizens have proven many times over the past four years. Four attempts at revolution organized by the deep state in Georgia were prevented, first of all, thanks to the wisdom, experience and integrity of the Georgian people”, he concluded.