Saakashvili, US Charge d'Affaires discuss involvement of USAID in reform program - May. 12, 2020

Saakashvili, US Charge d’Affaires discuss involvement of USAID in reform program

Published May 12, 2020 at 4:50 pm

Mikheil Saakashvili talks to the media after his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "Servant of the People" ruling party members in Kiev on April 24, 2020. - Mikheil Saakashvili, the charismatic former president of Georgia, is poised to make a spectacular political comeback as deputy prime minister in charge of reform efforts in Ukraine.President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has vowed to bring an end to a separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine and secure Western investment, has proposed the appointment of Saakashvili after restoring the 52-year-old's Ukrainian citizenship last year. (Photo by Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP)

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Mikheil Saakashvili, the head of the Reform Executive Committee of the National Reforms Council under President of Ukraine, and his deputy Oleksandr Olshansky met with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. in Ukraine Kristina A. Kvien.

“Together with my deputy Oleksandr Olshansky, we met with U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i. in Ukraine Kristina A. Kvien in our new office. We discussed the possibility of closer involvement of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Embassy in the reform program of Ukraine. I have good experience working with them not only in Georgia, but also in the Odesa region,” Saakashvili wrote on his Facebook page on May 12.