[1] Since 2009, Georgian–American relations are streamlined by the U.S.–Georgia Charter on Strategic Partnership, which created four bilateral working groups on priority areas of democracy; defense and security; economic, trade, energy issues, people-to-people and cultural exchanges.

[6] In a sign of Georgia's increased shift away from Russia and towards the West in the early 2000s, the country committed significant number of troops to U.S.-led coalition in Iraq, after wrapping up a smaller operation in the American-led peacekeeping mission in the war-torn Balkans.

Georgia's contingent in Iraq originally consisted of 300 special forces troops under U.S. command in Baqouba, who guarded two bridges and three American Forward Operating Bases.

[20] In February 2014, Georgian Premier Irakli Garibashvili met with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to discuss Georgia's future as well as recent developments in Ukraine.

According to Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker in the Georgian Parliament, "It is regrettable our friendship and strategic relations have reached the point where we speak to each other in the language of sanctions".

[24] The US Department of State imposed sanctions on members of an influential group of judges, a so-called "Clan", including Mikheil Chinchaladze, Levan Murusidze, Valerian Tsertsvadze, and Irakli Shengelia.

[25] The Georgian government criticized the U.S. State Department for failing to provide relevant evidence of the corrupt practices of these judges to the Prosecutor's Office of Georgia so it could start an investigation to verify these claims.

[citation needed] On May 24, 2024, the US announced it was reevaluating its cooperation with Georgia due to the "foreign agent" law that sparked the mass protests in the country.

The United States has urged Georgian officials to recommit to Georgia's Euro-Atlantic path, remove restrictive laws, and reinvestigate election irregularities.

The sanctions were implemented in response to actions deemed to undermine Georgia's democratic institutions and Euro-Atlantic integration efforts for the benefit of the Russian Federation.

The U.S. government cited Ivanishvili's role in eroding democratic processes, enabling human rights violations, and restricting fundamental freedoms in Georgia.