Jim Risch: The U.S.-Georgian relationship is based on our shared values and interests, which the current government has repeatedly rejected

The U.S.-Georgian relationship is based on our shared values and interests, which the current government has repeatedly rejected, -the Chairman of the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator Jim Risch (Republican Party) writes on his X page.

“The Georgian Dream government’s passage of draconian laws and its weaponization of the justice system against its political opponents is outright unacceptable. The government is making a huge mistake taking the country further from a future its people want and closer to that of a one-party totalitarian state.

The U.S.-Georgian relationship is based on our shared values and interests, which the current government has repeatedly rejected. Instead, Georgia’s current government has made an alarming turn toward China and Russia, whose authoritarian-style of government they increasingly emulate”, he said.