The United States has provided Georgia with more than $6.2 billion in economic and military assistance since the country gained independence in 1991, according to a US State Department report.

The document, reviewed by the agency, says that for more than three decades Washington has supported Georgia’s political and economic development and cooperated with Tbilisi in the areas of defense, security, trade, energy and cultural exchange.

Expanded military cooperation between the two countries has also resulted in defense equipment sales worth more than $600 million.

For many years, bilateral relations were guided by the Strategic Partnership Charter, signed in 2009, which provided for cooperation in security, the economy and other areas.

In July 2024, Washington suspended bilateral assistance to Tbilisi amid disagreements over Georgia’s adoption of the Law on Transparency of Foreign Influence, which US authorities considered anti-democratic. In November of the same year, the United States suspended the Strategic Partnership Charter with Georgia.