The US Ambassador to Georgia answers the question about People’s Power letter.

“We have been very clear, consistent, and transparent about why the United States cares about Georgia and what the United States has been doing here. For 30 years, regardless of the party in power, we have been working to help Georgia be more secure, be more prepared to defend its borders, to help the economy to be more diversified and developed, to create more jobs, to improve the education system and the healthcare system; and of course, assisting Georgia in building its democratic institutions.

Georgia was already a very progressive democracy in 1918, and you are now picking up that again. The United States has been supporting Georgia’s efforts to build those democratic institutions, not only because that is what the vast majority of Georgians want, it’s also necessary to bring Georgia closer to the European Union, which should be the focus of all of Georgia’s Members of Parliament. Political leaders should be doing absolutely everything they can to accomplish European candidate status for this country. Georgia has done so much and accomplished so much.

The next step is within reach, but Georgia’s leaders need to have a hundred percent focus on accomplishing that for the people of Georgia. That’s what the United States is focused on, helping Georgia: we know that’s what the people of Georgia care about most”, - said Kelly Degnan.