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Kobakhidze Comments on Rubio, Wilson’s Remarks, Rejects ‘Pro-Iranian’ Allegations

By Nino Baindurashvili

Georgian Dream Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze rejected allegations that Georgia’s government is “pro-Iranian” and disputed remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggesting that Georgian officials had asked Washington what would be required to improve bilateral relations. The remarks came a day after a U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing in which Rep. Joe …