Speaking after a meeting with representatives of the U.S. State Department, Gegelia said that the United States is highly interested in ensuring political peace and stability in Georgia.

“We see very intensive engagement from the United States; this is the third meeting within a short period. The U.S. and Secretary Rubio are showing through this that Georgia is very important to them from a geopolitical and strategic point of view. America does not intend to leave the Georgian people alone. We see that the U.S. has a strong interest in political peace and stability in Georgia,” Gegelia said.

According to him, there is broad alignment between Georgian opposition parties and U.S. partners on key issues.

“Our interests and those of the United States are aligned, because we are also fighting for this. This implies returning the process to a constitutional framework, from which it was taken away by the unconstitutional regime of ‘Georgian Dream.’

We have many points of convergence. We discussed the need to release political prisoners and the issue of new elections. We also talked about ensuring that Georgia’s stability and U.S. interests in the region require a proper political process, and that all sides should work in this direction.

There was also a discussion on how to bring the country out of crisis. The U.S. is interested in having a functioning political system where parliament works properly and is not a weak, dysfunctional institution.

They were also interested in ensuring that the Middle Corridor perspective is not lost. They understand very well that political crisis harms both Georgian and American interests, including economic ones.

We told them that we are ready to engage in a process that will lead to the release of political prisoners, the withdrawal of harmful laws, and the start of dialogue on new elections. I can say that in many respects, our position and that of the State Department are broadly aligned,” he said.