Mamuka Bakhtadze on Richard Lugar: World has lost a great statesman

Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has expressed sorrow over the death of American Senator Richard Lugar.

“World has lost a great statesman, who has been instrumental in American foreign policy for decades. Sen. Richard Lugar was a great friend of Georgia and will always stay in our memories as a person who has made a world a better place. Georgia is forever grateful”, Mamuka Bakhtadze tweeted.

Former American Senator Richard Lugar died Sunday at 87.