Georgian president discusses regional security issues with U.S. senators

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili discussed regional security issues with U.S. senators, the Georgian presidential administration said.

Saakashvili received a delegation of U.S. senators, led by Senator John Kyl, at the Presidential Palace.

The administration said that the main topics of the meeting with the Republican Party senators were close cooperation in defense and security and deepening of cooperation efforts to increase Georgia's role in international security matters.

The senators focused on the importance of Georgian military units’ participation in the peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan. Senators have once again confirmed that Georgia is an important partner of the United States both from a political-economic and military point of view, and they once again expressed support for Georgia and the Georgian people.

Earlier at a meeting with the opposition the senators promised to raise the issue of developing new security mechanisms for Georgia, said member of the "Christian-Democrats" Faction Nika Laliashvili after a meeting with the U.S. guests. The leader of the Free Democrats Irakli Alasania also attended the meeting.

"The situation in the occupied territories is very aggravated. It went beyond the political and military matters, and the question is about the threat to citizens' life. In recent years, a number of terrorist attacks have been committed, including one near the U.S. Embassy. We have stated that Georgia needs new security mechanisms to avoid approaching threats. When military construction is underway in the occupied territories, defensive weapons become really very important for us," Laliashvili said and added that the question is about the anti-tank and anti-missile weapons.


/Trend/