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U.S. Senate approves new ambassador to Georgia

U.S. Senate approves new ambassador to Georgia

The U.S. Senate has approved Kelly Degnan as the new ambassador to Georgia. U.S. President Donald Trump presented Californian Degnan for the role in September 2019.  The post has …

Garibashvili holds meeting with Norquist at Pentagon

Garibashvili holds meeting with Norquist at Pentagon

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist met with Georgian Minister of Defense Irakli Garibashvili at the Pentagon to discuss the strategic partnership between Washington and Tbilisi, the Pentagon press …

Conti International LLC quits Anaklia port project

Conti International LLC quits Anaklia port project

The representatives of US Conti International LLC denied reports that the organization intends to cooperate with the Anaklia Development Consortium, which is constructing a deep-sea port in Georgia. Earlier, Levan Akhvlediani, head of …

U.S. ship Porter enters Batumi after Odessa

U.S. ship Porter enters Batumi after Odessa

The U.S. ship Porter (DDG 78) has arrived in Georgia’s Batumi for a port visit today, the U.S. Embassy to Georgia reported. "The visit serves to highlight the continued cooperation between the U.S. and Georgia by …

Trump nominates U.S. ambassador to Georgia

Trump nominates U.S. ambassador to Georgia

U.S. President Donald Trump has presented Californian Kelly Degnan for the role of the new U.S. ambassador to Georgia. Degnan currently serves as the political advisor to the Commander of United States …

U.S. Regional Office of Commerce to be opened in Tbilisi

U.S. Regional Office of Commerce to be opened in Tbilisi

The U.S. Department of Commerce and the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation to enhance bilateral trade relations. The parties agreed to establish a U.S. Regional …

Foreign investments in Georgia decline by 6.3%

Foreign investments in Georgia decline by 6.3%

Georgia attracted $281.1 million in foreign direct investments in the first quarter of 2019, which is a 6.3% decrease compared to the same period of 2018, according to the latest preliminary data of the National Statistics Office of …

Izoria and Rood discuss defense cooperation

Izoria and Rood discuss defense cooperation

Georgian Defense Minister Levan Izoria, being on a visit in the U.S., met with Under Secretary of Defense for Policy John Rood. Strategic partnership issues and future cooperation plans were discussed …

Zurabishvili: US Base in Georgia Bad Idea

Zurabishvili: US Base in Georgia Bad Idea

The first female president of Georgia, Salome Zurabishvii, has said she believes it is not a good idea to build an American military base in Georgia, Georgia Today reports. While responding to the questions of the Voice …

Georgia receives all U.S. anti-tank Javelin missiles

Georgia receives all U.S. anti-tank Javelin missiles

Georgia has already purchased all U.S. anti-tank Javelin missiles which were required for the country and all of them have been transported to Georgia, Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria said. "Now we …

U.S. and NATO exercises start in Georgia

U.S. and NATO exercises start in Georgia

Around 350 personnel from 24 NATO member states and partner countries are set to kick off 11 days of joint military exercises in Georgia today. The drills, dubbed NATO-Georgia Exercise 2019, are to run until March 29 at the Krtsanisi …