Robin Dunnigan, Nominee for U.S. Ambassador to Georgia, on Thursday, said the Georgian government wants to comply with the international sanctions against Russia.
Asked about the Georgian government’s stance over the sanctions on Russia, Dunnigan noted that “it’s an absolutely a priority for the U.S. to ensure sanctions compliance and implementation.”
“We are having that conversation directly with the Georgian government, with the National Bank of Georgia, with the private sector of Georgia, and with the financial sector of Georgia. Georgian government wants to comply with the sanctions, they told us and actually asked us for some more training to help them with the implementation to ensure there is not an evasion of sanctions with products going through Georgia and I absolutely agree with you, Georgia absolutely should understand that we do not want to continue to fund the sanctions evasion, Russia’s war machine and its military for future aggression. So, that is the conversation that we are having with Georgia. In fact, our special coordinator for sanctions and other interagency officials will be going to Georgia in the coming months to continue this important dialogue. And if confirmed, I will certainly make this a priority,” she stated.
Dunnigan also said that “Georgia has also been very important in the international fora, as my colleague mentioned, both in the UN and another multilateral forum like the OSCE and supporting Ukraine and talking passing resolutions that really call out Russia for its aggression.”
