Business relations between various state institutions continue - the State Security Service’s statement provides what was the purpose, basis and content of the visit. The visit concerned cooperation between security services, - this is how the Chairman of the Parliament, Shalva Papuashvili, answered the journalists' question regarding the visit of the head of the State Security Service, Mamuka Mdinaradze, to the US.

According to him, cooperation between the US and Georgian security services is important in the light of the challenges that exist globally today.

"We were saying that business relations between various state institutions continue. You also saw the statement of the State Security Service. This was an issue that concerns cooperation in the security sector. Cooperation between the US and Georgian security services is important for us in the light of the challenges that exist globally today and in the light of the policy that the US is pursuing to reduce conflicts and ensure peaceful development. Our business and service relations are important," - Papuashvili said.

When asked whether the issue of lifting sanctions against Bidzina Ivanishvili, Honorary Chairman of the Georgian Dream, was discussed during Mamuka Mdinaradze’s visit to the US, the Speaker of Parliament replied that “the purpose, basis and content of the visit are given in the State Security Service’s statement.”

“The statement of the State Security Service provides what the purpose, basis and content of the visit were. The visit was related to cooperation between security services, especially considering the challenges of the region, in order to ensure the implementation of the interests of both countries in terms of security. As in private relations, so in relations between states, the host invites the guest,” Papuashvili said.

For information, according to the State Security Service, the head of the Service, Mamuka Mdinaradze, was on a working visit to the United States of America from February 7-10, at the invitation of his colleagues.

According to the agency, a meeting was held regarding security issues.