US, Georgia may seal a bilateral free trade agreement

US President Barack Obama and his Georgian counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili on Monday discussed the possibility of sealing a bilateral free trade agreement during their talks at the White House, the AFP reports.

Following a meeting with Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili at the White House, Obama said the U.S. is ready to help Georgia’s free-market development and promised to continue a dialogue on “how we can continue to strengthen trade relations between our two countries, including the possibility of a free-trade agreement,” the Bloomberg reported.

Obama said he expects “fair and free elections” in Georgia’s parliamentary elections later this year and presidential contest in 2013. Saakashvili pledged a more “diversified and pluralistic political scene” and said Georgia will not revert to corruption or less democratic principles, the Bloomberg said.