Salome Zourabichvili is not a member of the Georgian Dream party, she was an independent presidential candidate supported by us, – Kakha Kaladze, Secretary General of the Georgian Dream party, said when commenting on Salome Zourabichvili’s statement on the deployment of US bases in Georgia. When one of the journalists asked me why the party had not made an official statement about this particular issue, my answer was that Ms. Salome Zourabichvili was not a member of the Georgian Dream party, she was an independent presidential candidate supported by us. We all were involved in the process and we wanted an independent candidate to become the country’s president, Kaladze said. As for the issue of deployment of American bases in Georgia, Kaladze declared that the issue was not on the agenda. As for the bases, such decisions are made by preliminary communication. America is our strategic partner and, most importantly, our friend. It has been supporting us since the day of our independence. When it comes to such important issues, decisions are made only through negotiations, Kaladze said. Source: IPN