According to US Ambassador to Georgia, Kelly Degnan, during a meeting with Georgian Dream founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, his personal finances were not discussed.

As she mentioned in the interview with Formula, they have not discussed sanctions, the issues that could be seen as blackmail or an attempt to drag Georgia into the war.

"As I said, I meet many different people in Georgia - very influential successful Georgians, students and teachers. I meet so many different people because I want to better understand Georgian culture, Georgian society, Georgian dreams and aspirations. I want to understand how the USA can better help Georgia," the Ambassador said.

According to Kelly Degnan, "Bidzina Ivanishvili is a very influential Georgian and a very successful businessman."

"Obviously, I don't want to make assumptions about Mr. Ivanishvili's motives. For my part, I can say that we usually do not publicize private meetings, be it with Mr. Ivanishvili or someone else. It's just not common in diplomacy to do so. However, as soon as it became clear that Bidzina Ivanishvili himself was speaking about this meeting, I confirmed that we had met and talked about the US-Georgia partnership and many other areas where the US is trying to support Georgia's development.

Obviously, Ivanishvili is a very influential Georgian, he is a very successful businessman, and therefore, it is normal that we want to meet him, like many other citizens of Georgia. In fact, this is exactly what diplomats do. Our task is to meet as many different representatives as possible. At this meeting, we also had the opportunity to talk about our efforts to provide multifaceted support to Georgia," Kelly Degnan notes.

source: IPN