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PM Garibashvili visits Ukraine

Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili is scheduled to meet with the Ukrainian President, PM and parliament speaker.

Agenda.ge, 21 Aug 2021 - 11:51, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is visiting Ukraine today.

During an official visit between August 21 and 23 Garibashvili will hold meetings with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, PM Denys Shmyhal and Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov.

Shmyhal will host Garibashvili in Lviv in the coming hours, while meetings with Zelensky and Razumkov are scheduled tomorrow.

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Garibashvili, who is accompanied by FM David Zalkaliani, Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and Head of the Administration of the Government of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili, will participate in a Crimea Platform summit on August 23.

During the summit Ukrainian and other foreign leaders will elaborate a joint declaration.

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