Ambassador Tina Kaidanow, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Eurasian Affairs had a closed-door meeting with Georgian
parliamentary and non-parliamentary opposition, News Georgia reports.
The main issue of discussion was the May 30 local elections in Georgia
and the Tbilisi mayoral elections.
A spokesman for the parliamentary opposition, deputy chairman of
Christian-Democrats fraction Nika Laliashvili told journalists that
the party has regular contact with the US State Department and the
envoy's visit before the elections is important.
A spokesman for the non-parliamentary opposition, the leader of The
Way of Georgia party Salome Zurabishvili told journalists that despite
the lack of positive changes in the issues around the Georgian
election, the struggle must continue.
Kaidanow arrived in Georgia from Azerbaijan and will head next to Armenia.
