Headline : Whither Moldova and Georgia?

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“Georgia and Moldova have been important U.S. partners seeking closer ties with the West for decades since independence,” said USAID Deputy Assistant Administrator Alexander Sokolowski.

Moldova and Georgia are former Soviet republics that gained independence when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991. Both countries are strategically situated on the Black Sea, and both have for years been targets of Russian subversive activity, including election interference and attempts to undermine the credibility and authority of state institutions.

Because both countries will hold national elections in late October, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Foreign Relations Committee conducted a hearing on the situation in Moldova and Georgia, and U.S. policy toward them.

The two countries appear to be on opposite trajectories when it comes to Euro-Atlantic integration. Moldova is on the path to become a post-Soviet success story. But despite the fierce determination of the Georgian people to throw off Georgia’s Soviet past and pursue a closer relationship with the West, the ruling Georgian Dream party has passed undemocratic legislation, demonized civil society, and issued disinformation and rhetorical attacks against the United States and European partners who've supported Georgia for decades,” said Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Joshua Huck.

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