In an open letter to US President Donald Trump, Georgian President Mikheil Kavelashvili expressed surprise and concern over what he described as Washington’s passivity toward Georgia.
Kavelashvili noted that in the first months of Trump’s presidency, the administration successfully fostered close relations with all of Georgia’s neighbors—facilitating a peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, expanding cooperation with Turkey, and even restoring partnership with Vladimir Putin. Yet, he argued, Georgia has been conspicuously absent from the White House’s regional agenda.
“Your administration has changed half the world in just a few months,” Kavelashvili wrote. “But from Georgia’s perspective, the lack of attention to our country raises doubts and questions about how free and sincere your administration’s actions truly are in strengthening peace in the region.”
Kavelashvili claimed that Georgians fear the growing influence of the so-called “deep state” within their country, which he claimed is driving the nation toward war and instability—while the US remains passive.
He concluded by urging Trump to shift course: “It is important that the Georgian people associate the United States not with the ‘deep state,’ but with a strong American president. Not with destabilization, but with peace and stability. Not with LGBT and gender propaganda, but with respect for traditional values.”
