Georgian president attends inauguration of Ukrainian President Zelensky, urges stronger EU-NATO cooperation
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said that Georgia is an exemplary country in terms of defeating corruption. Photo: President’s press office.
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Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili attended the inauguration of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv yesterday, stating during a face-to-face meeting that Georgia and Ukraine should merge forces for their Euro-Atlantic integration, the Ukrainian president’s press office reports.
Both presidents said that strategic cooperation between the two countries should become stronger," Zelensky's press office reported.
In the name of the Georgian people I presented today heartfelt congratulations to the new #President of #Ukraine upon its inauguration. #Georgia and #Ukraine both have to overcome the tragedy of #occupied territories , while they share the same #European destiny. pic.twitter.com/DRNkGff7Gh
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) May 20, 2019
Zelensky’s press office reported that Zurabishvili invited Zelensky to Georgia,
Zelensky stated that the number one challenge for him is the ceasefire in the eastern part of the country, where “[Ukrainian] citizens die on a daily basis.”
Ukrainian MPs stood up to welcome Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.
He said that Ukraine will continue its Euro-Atlantic course.
Zelensky said that corruption is one of the key challenges of Ukraine and his government is very likely to share the Georgian experience in this regard, “which is exemplary.”
Ukrainian comic actor Zelensky defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine’s presidential elections with 73 per cent of the total vote in mid-April.
The Ukrainian government has imposed sanctions on the de facto officials of Georgia’s two occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali, who visited the country’s rebel-controlled Donetsk and Luhansk regions in eastern Ukraine in November 2018 to observe the so-called leadership elections.
Georgia reaffirms “strong and unequivocal support” for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recognised borders, and condemns “the illegal referendum” conducted in Crimea five years ago.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili will attend the inauguration of Ukrainian President-elect Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday.
Ukrainian comic actor Volodymyr Zelensky, who has defeated incumbent Petro Poroshenko in Ukraine’s presidential elections with 73 per cent of the total vote, received 50.38 per cent of votes in the polling station opened in Tbilisi at the Ukrainian embassy.
Georgia and Ukraine have today introduced amendments to the free trade agreement, which will allow the two countries to use identical rules of origin of goods in bilateral trade and apply the clauses of the Regional Convention on pan-Euro-Mediterranean preferential rules of origin.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze have sent good wishes to Ukraine on its Independence Day.
President of Estonia Kersti Kaljulaid said she received the newest information about the situation on the occupation line between Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) region and the rest of Georgia at today’s meeting with her Georgian counterpart Salome Zurabishvili.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has left for Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky, PM Oleksiy Goncharuk, Parliamentary Speaker Dmytro Razumkov and to participate in a GUAM meeting.
Georgia has expressed concerns over Russian troop movements near the eastern Donbass region where Ukrainian troops are in conflict with Russian-backed forces.Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani held a phone conversation with his Ukrainian colleague amid Ukraine's standoff over a Russian troop buildup near its border.