Badri Japaridze: We had a conversation with the US Ambassador about all the issues that are relevant for our country - the US was, is and remains the most loyal and reliable partner of our country

We talked a lot about the importance of the elections, as well as the importance of the pre-election period, about the need for the US to be represented by long-term observers, as much as possible, in order not to allow the practice of 2020 to be repeated, said Badri Japaridze, one of the leaders of the Lelo party, after the meeting with the new US Ambassador, Robin Dunnigan.

According to him, the USA is on the side of the Georgian people and always will be.

"We had a conversation with the US Ambassador about all the issues that are relevant for our country and our fellow citizens. Of course, we talked a lot about the importance of the elections, as well as the importance of the pre-election period, about the need for the US to be represented by long-term observers, as much as possible, in order not to allow the practice of 2020 to be repeated and not to allow the vote of the Georgian voters to be lost. We will have full support here.

Of course, the USA was, is and remains the most loyal and reliable partner and friend of our country. Despite the fact that Georgian Dream constantly tries to harm these relations and discredit our closest partner, of course, the USA is on the side of the Georgian people and always will be.

As for the topics that we discussed, we also introduced the "Georgia Protection Act" to the Ambassador, which involves a number of steps. Ana Natsvlishvili will make a statement about this in the Parliament today. Also, we will talk about all the problems that our population is worried about," said Badri Japaridze.

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