“The United States greatly values our strategic partnership with Georgia and appreciates Georgia’s leadership in addressing global and regional security challenges.” Antony Blinken.

“The United States greatly values our strategic partnership with Georgia and appreciates Georgia’s leadership in addressing global and regional security challenges.” Antony Blinken.

The US State Secretary, Antony Blinken, thanked the Georgian Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, David Zalkaliani, for Georgia’s contribution to the peacekeeping missions in Afghanistan in a letter.

“On behalf of the United States, thank you for Georgia’s contributions to NATO to combat terrorism and promote regional security through your deployments in Afghanistan.

Georgia was one of the top contributors to the Resolute Support Mission from 2015 to 2021 and to the International Security Assistance Force mission. We are grateful for your role in evacuating more than 2 500 individuals. We join you and the people of Georgia in honouring and remembering the 32 Georgians who made the ultimate sacrifice and more than 300 who were wounded defending our shared values.

The United States greatly values our strategic partnership with Georgia and appreciates Georgia’s leadership in addressing global and regional security challenges. We look forward to continuing our strategic relationship to advance our shared interests.” – wrote Antony Blinken.