Georgia-US partnership Charter to be signed on January 9

Georgian government will sign strategic partnership charter with the United States on January 9. The document was scheduled to be signed by the sides on January 4; however, the situation in the Middle East made them to postpone the ceremony for a few days, as the Secretary of State had to make a trip to the hottest point of the world.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Georgian Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze will sign the document soon. Georgian minister Grigol Vashadze and the ambassador Batu Kutelia are already in Washington preparing for the ceremony.
The strategic partnership charter envisages expansion of partnership and cooperation between the two countries in the fields of defense, security, economy, energy, democratic reforms, diplomacy and culture.