Georgia’s Black Sea Coast Catches U.S. Attention as PRC Port Pact Stalls

(Nicholas Chkhaidze – The Jamestown Foundation) U.S. State Department Official Peter Andreoli visited Georgia and its Anaklia Deep Sea Port on March 27, three days before U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze held their first phone call. The consortium led by China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) was chosen as Anaklia’s developer in 2024, but the deal has not been finalized. Georgia also cut the port’s budget by almost two-thirds, leaving it in an ambiguous financial and legal position. Concern over the growing influence of the People’s Republic of China in the South Caucasus, particularly in Georgia, has raised questions about whether Georgia will change Anaklia’s trajectory amid cooperation with Beijing, Moscow, and Tehran. – Georgia’s Black Sea Coast Catches U.S. Attention as PRC Port Pact Stalls – Jamestown