Georgia has clearly stated its position toward the United States and is ready to renew the strategic partnership, Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze said in response to a question about U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance’s visit to the South Caucasus, during which he is visiting only Baku and Yerevan.

“Our position regarding the United States is clear - we are ready to renew the strategic partnership. This is a very clear stance, and we are waiting for reciprocal steps. We will wait for as long as necessary,” Kobakhidze stated.

According to the Prime Minister, the Georgian government has extended a hand, and the reset of relations with the United States largely depends on the American side.

“We are waiting for a reciprocal position from the United States - however long it takes. We hope that the strategic partnership between the United States and Georgia will be renewed. We have taken our main step by openly expressing our readiness to renew the strategic partnership. We said we are ready to discuss all details without any preconditions and to do so based on a concrete roadmap reflecting the interests of both sides. We are ready to renew the strategic partnership from a clean slate. This is our position,” Kobakhidze said.

He added that recent messages coming from the American side make him optimistic.

“We have expressed full openness regarding a reset of relations and the restoration of the strategic partnership. The recent signals we hear from the American side are encouraging. Let us wait and see how events develop. Our desire is for the strategic partnership to be restored, and we will wait for steps from the American side in this direction,” the Prime Minister noted.

Responding to a journalist’s question about whether he shares the views expressed by philosopher Zaza Shatirishvili regarding the current U.S. administration, Kobakhidze said those views belong solely to Shatirishvili.

“My position is what I say, and what Zaza Shatirishvili says is his position. I have no difficulty saying exactly what I want to say,” Kobakhidze stated.

Kobakhidze was also asked about a session on Georgia scheduled for February 11 at the U.S. Helsinki Commission. He dismissed its significance.

“The Helsinki Commission is of no interest to anyone. It is a small fragment of the ‘deep state’ within American structures, which does not interest even the Trump administration itself,” the Prime Minister said.