It was very important that the next day, when there were only the leaders of the country, we were present at the ceremonial reception of the Italian President at the Italian President's Palace. We had the opportunity to talk again. JD Vance greeted us, and then Secretary of State Marco Rubio stayed with us a little longer, and the business conversation turned out to be more in-depth, - Mikheil Kavelashvili said.

According to him, Marco Rubio noted during the conversation that "the previous administration left great negativity in relation to Georgia" and that in the near future they will definitely prepare properly to restore relations between the two countries.

"He noted that I want our society to know that the previous administration left great negativity in relation to Georgia. I don't even want to use that word, it may not be directly translated into English, more like stink, he noted that the previous administration was the bearer of the greatest negativity in relation to us, they themselves realize that this was unrealistic and inappropriate in relation to our country. He noted that last Monday there was a discussion of this very topic, they went through this very well, analyzed this process, they are in the process of cleaning up this negativity in our relations and in the near future they will definitely prepare properly for our relations to be established," - said Mikheil Kavelashvili.

He also noted that Rubio was also quite aware of the issue that he had discussed with JD Vance the day before, about common values ​​and that Trump was positioning himself with these values ​​before he won and afterwards.

"Our attitude is open, we are talking to the public, at this stage everyone knows our message that we want to have normal, healthy relations. As we have with our partners. Of course, the US is of particular importance, because it is a fairly powerful country, it dominates the world, and the fact that we had a strategic partnership and precisely the deliberate actions and forces of the previous administration, which are still trying to damage many processes, they probably have to fight these forces and it was discussed in this context, he directly said that last Monday we had discussions on this very topic and there was so much negativity that they need time to delve into all this and analyze everything and properly establish relations with Georgia, as befits their country. He also stated that they will also prepare a technical group so that in the analyzed regime, it would be possible to start our relations from a clean slate," Mikheil Kavelashvili told Imedi.