US Deputy Assistant Secretary visits Georgia

US Deputy Assistant Secretary Erika Olson arrived in Tbilisi late yesterday for the second leg of her South Caucasus visit, the US Embassy to Georgia has reported.

Olson will meet with the Georgian Prime Minister, Foreign Minister, and representatives from across the political spectrum. 

She will also attend a cultural event and visit an Embassy-supported project that furthers US—Georgian strategic goals, said the embassy. 

The opposition parties have plans to raise the issue of the arrested former president, Mikheil Saakashvili, during the meeting with Olson. 

Saakashvili, who was arrested in Tbilisi on October 1 after eight years in political exile, has been on hunger strike for 36 days. He returned with the goal to remove the Georgian Dream from power.