According to MFA’s
Press and Information Department’s release on 25 January, GHN reports that Ministry
of Foreign Affairs of Georgia has made an announcement, where it states wrong the
information spread by number of media claiming that State Department of U.S advises
its citizens to avoid traveling to Georgia in 2014.
State Department
of Georgian Embassy in U.S has confirmed that they have not issued so- called ‘traveler
warning’.
U.S State Department stated
that their official site state.travel.gov includes information about Georgia which
is updated annually during summer season. A strict warning only refers to traveling
to Abkhazia and Southern Ossetia, territories occupied by Russia where Georgia’s
control is not applied. No such advice concerning avoiding traveling to Georgia
has been issued so far - mentioned U.S side.
