2018-09-18
"Georgia is one of our most successful partners and democratic transformation achieved by the country in recent years is gratifying" noted Mark Green, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) at a meeting with Mamuka Bakhtadze, Prime Minister of Georgia at the USAID Headquarters (HQ) in Washington D.C today.
Parties reviewed the projects implemented in Georgia with USAID support and discussed the prospect of intensified cooperation in the education sector, which is a key priority of the Government of Georgia. Prime Minister spoke about the reform initiatives planned in the sector and stressed the significance of support from partners, including the USAID, within the process of their implementation.
Commitment of the Government of Georgia towards democratic and economic reforms was praised. Parties discussed the projects, which may fall within the focus of USAID in the sector of agriculture, along with the small and medium enterprise (SME) development. Attention was paid to the programs implemented in the occupied regions of Georgia with financial support of the USAID, which create new jobs and enable for future development among the population employed in the sector of agriculture.
Parties underlined the successful cooperation, which is evidenced by the volume of funding provided by USAID to Georgia so far in excess of 1.5 BLN USD. Referred initiatives facilitate the economic growth, institutional building, increased energy security, improved education, higher engagement of the internally displaced people (IDP) and residents of settlements along the occupation line, etc.
Mark Green noted that USAID will continue to fund the programs in support of Georgia, which are aimed at facilitating the democracy, free market and pro-western orientation of the country.
Mamuka Bakhtadze and Mark Green viewed the memorial images of USAID staff fallen in various past missions. Prime Minister of Georgia invited the USAID Administrator to Georgia.
Prime Minister's Press Office