U.S. Senate Committee to Discuss Democracy in Black Sea Region

The U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations will hold a hearing on March 8 regarding “the Future of Democracy in the Black Sea Area.”

John F. Tefft, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Bruce P. Jackson, the President of Project on Transitional Democracies; Vladimir Socor, Senior Fellow Jamestown Foundation and Zeyno Baran, Director of International Security and Energy Programs at the Nixon Center are invited at the hearing.

On March 3, U.S. Senators John McCain and Joe Lieberman introduced legislation designed to significantly strengthen the ability of the U.S. government to promote democracy abroad.
 
“Promoting democracy fulfills America”s moral mandate and bolsters our national security. As the recent events in Georgia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq, and the Palestinian Territories illustrate so dramatically, the desire of people to live free is universal,” reads the press release issued by Senator McCain.

U.S. Congressmen Frank Wolf and Tom Lantos also introduced identical legislation in the House of Representatives.

The Georgian media reported on March 7, that U.S. Senator Richard Lugar introduced a resolution calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Moldova and Georgia, as well as for international border monitoring at the Russo-Georgian border.

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