Georgian PM, Azerbaijan FM discuss Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative, cooperation
The officials also reviewed existing "strategic" partnership between Georgia and Azerbaijan, including in transport and energy. They also discussed the current “challenging” situation in the Black Sea region. Photo: Government Administration.
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The South Caucasus Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative, a dialogue platform for normalisation of relations in the region and cooperation in mutually beneficial areas of economy, trade and culture was discussed on Saturday in a meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov.
Garibashvili welcomed an upcoming meeting between Bayramov and his Armenian counterpart Ararat Mirzoyan, set to be hosted in Tbilisi, and expressed hope for successful talks and “positive dynamics" in the dialogue between countries.
Bayramov highlighted the “personal efforts” of Garibashvili as a “successful mediator” in the Armenia-Azerbaijan mediation, The Georgian Government Administration said.
The officials also reviewed existing "strategic" partnership between Georgia and Azerbaijan, including in transport and energy. They also discussed the current “challenging” situation in the Black Sea region.
In the meeting, the sides reaffirmed their “firm” support to sovereignty and territorial integrity of both Georgia and Azerbaijan.
Expanding the cooperation between Georgia and Azerbaijan in the fields of education and science, as well as the signing of an agreement to strengthen educational institutions in the countries, were on the top of the agenda of Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili’s meeting with Azerbaijani education minister Emin Amrullayev on Tuesday.
Georgia and Azerbaijan “have always played” an important role in building peace in the South Caucasus region, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia Shalva Papuashvili said on Tuesday following a meeting with his Azerbaijani counterpart Sahiba Gafarova.
Sahiba Gafarova, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan, praised the relations between Azerbaijan and Georgia by calling the two states “strategic partners” in press conference with the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday.
Georgia-Azerbaijan strategic partnership and close cooperation between the two countries were discussed on Monday in a phone call between Georgia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
The European Union supports the “bilateral decision” of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, to hold their inaugural meeting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, said on Saturday.
Georgia is playing an important role in ensuring peace and security in the South Caucasus region, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Saturday in comments on the inaugural meeting of his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan in Tbilisi on Saturday.
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sunday called the inaugural meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as a “positive step” for regional dialogue.
Friendly relations between Georgia and Azerbaijan were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Chairman of the Caucasus Muslims Board Allahshukur Pashazadeh.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Tuesday said Georgia was “ready to play its own role” in ensuring peace in the South Caucasus region “within its capabilities”.
The main areas of close cooperation between the countries were discussed on Saturday in a meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Baku mayor Eldar Azizov.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday addressed the occupation of Georgian territories by Russia and the regional Peaceful Neighborhood Initiative by the country’s prime minister Irakli Garibashvili at the ongoing 29th meeting of the ministerial council of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe.