The Public Defender of Georgia is holding meetings with representatives of the US Department of State, Congress and human rights organizations during her working visit to Washington.

“We discussed the developments around the case of Mikheil Saakashvili in the US and noted that without their open support for the position of the Ombudsman, we might have found ourselves in a very difficult situation today as a country and society.

The main request and message is that we need more support, especially the media, human rights defenders, pro-democracy organizations and independent institutions, so that we can jointly contribute to the development of democratic processes in Georgia”, - said Nino Lomjaria.