American Senator, Jeanne Shaheen expressed disappointment over the decision to award the rights of the development of the Anaklia deep-sea port development project to a Chinese company. The information thereon was reported by an Azerbaijani-American journalist, Alex Raufoglu.
According to the statement, the Georgian side canceled a port contract with Western firms and, as recent reports indicate, Georgia is planning to award the project on the Black Sea to a Chinese company. Senator Shaheen also highlighted that she and the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, James Risch, have worked very hard to try and move Georgia forward and find it disappointing that the Georgian side is letting this opportunity slip away.
Senator’s statement follows the statement of members of the Helsinki Commission, or the Commission on European Security and Cooperation, which also responds to the Anaklia port subject and underlines the dangers that will be created by the U.S.-sanctioned Chinese companies. Notably, even after such warnings, the Georgian Dream party continues the process of awarding the port project to a Chinese consortium and once again endangers the years-long partnership developed between the West and Georgia.
