U.S. to Assist Georgia to Hold Elections

The U. S. Department of State intends to send an interagency team to Tbilisi at the beginning of December to discuss with the interim government, how the United States can help them prepare for upcoming elections and work on other issues of critical importance to Georgia.

“This team that goes out there will be looking with the interim government at how we can help them prepare for the immediate task that they have before them of holding the new elections,” Richard Boucher, the State of Department spokesman, said at a news briefing on November 25.  

“We’ll discuss the full range of relationships and how we can help them develop as a democracy. We’ve already seen some basic statements, I think, from the interim administration in Georgia, that they’re not making any particular changes in their foreign policy, so we have to assume that their positions on those things remain the same” Boucher said.