TBILISI. Aug 22 (Interfax_AVN) - The United States is ready to provide humanitarian and military aid to Georgia, Commander of the U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander Europe General John Craddock announced in Tbilisi on Thursday.
The aim of his trip was to analyze U.S. humanitarian aid to Georgia and study what type of aid the Georgian army needed most, Craddock said.
At a joint press conference attended by Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and USAID (United States Agency for International Development) Administrator Henrietta Fore, Craddock said that his meeting with Georgian Defense Minister had enabled him to fully investigate the issue.
The USAID chief, for her part, said her agency had earmarked 10 billion dollars for Georgian needs.
USAID is a U.S. government agency that provides economic and humanitarian worldwide.
Saakashvili confirmed that military-technical and humanitarian aid had been the highlight of his talks with the U.S. officials.
"We need to bolster our defense and security structures. Influential [U.S.] senators visited Georgia yesterday. They voiced readiness to allocate serious defense resources for Georgia," the Georgian president said.