US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, on Thursday, said the Sanctions Coordinator James O’Brien “made very clear that we really value the cooperation and the partnership with the agencies here in Georgia, many of whom we worked with for many years: customs and the revenue service, the border police, many others, who are doing their best to control, to monitor what goes in and out of Georgia.”
In her remarks during the event dedicated to U.S. Independence Day, the Ambassador said that “This is a very challenging task and the other message that the Sanctions Coordinator brought was that it requires constant vigilance.”
“There is pressure from Russia to get these parts and one way is through a neighbouring country like Georgia. So, the message is: Thank you for that partnership and cooperation, trying to stop the flow of these component parts that are deadly on the battlefield and please, continue with the vigilance as we see Russia try to find new ways to evade sanctions and export controls,” Kelly Degnan told media outlets.
EU Sanctions Envoy David O’Sullivan, Head of the Office of Sanctions Coordination at the US State Department, Ambassador James O’Brien, and Director General, Economics, Science and Technology at the UK Foreign Office, Kumar Iyer, visited Georgia this week.
