Armenian PM stresses “great importance” of strengthening relations with Georgia
The head of the Armenian Government expressed confidence that the “mutual desire” to develop Armenian-Georgian relations and reliable dialogue at the official level would continue to “determine” the common efforts for the benefit of the two peoples. Photo: Government Administration
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Armenia has “always attached great importance” to the development and strengthening of relations with “friendly Georgia”, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan said on Sunday in a congratulatory message to his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
Pashinyan stressed the past 30 years was “just a moment in the centuries-old history” of the Armenian and Georgian peoples, noting the recent decades had been characterised as the “most important” period of establishing “neighbourly interstate relations”, the Armenian Government Administration said.
Armenia has always attached great importance to the consistent development and strengthening of relations with neighbouring and friendly Georgia, and the intensity of high-level meetings between the two countries proves our firm commitment to further expand the existing mutually beneficial cooperation in all areas”, Pashinyan said.
The head of the Armenian Government expressed confidence that the “mutual desire” to develop Armenian-Georgian relations and reliable dialogue at the official level would continue to “determine” the common efforts for the benefit of the two peoples.
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.
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.
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.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Saturday discussed the former's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative and its role in normalisation of relations in the South Caucasus region, as well as an upcoming meeting between Mirzoyan and his Azerbaijani counterpart in Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday departed for an official visit to Uzbekistan. Within the framework of the visit, Garibashvili will hold "high-level bilateral meetings" in the country, the Government Administration said.
Georgia’s path towards European Union membership and the importance of the country having been granted the European perspective were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and the Vice President of the German Bundestag Katrin Göring-Eckardt.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze on Tuesday took part in the opening of the reconstructed Shota Rustaveli Square in Uzbekistan’s capital Tashkent.
Georgian Maritime Transport Agency on Friday said the country’s transit corridor continued to work in an overloaded mode and despite the fact that the relevant state bodies have worked round-the-clock, the management of cargo flows has been “significantly” complicated.
Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Sunday extended its condolences to the families of the victims of a massive explosion that shook Yerevan on Sunday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday extended their condolences to the families of the victims of a massive explosion that shook Yerevan on Sunday.
Georgian Interior Minister Vakhtang Gomelauri on Wednesday extended his condolences to the families of the victims of a massive explosion that shook Yerevan on Sunday.
Armenia’s Ministry of Education is ready to start teaching Georgian language classes in some schools in the country, Minister Vahram Dumanyan said on Thursday.
Principal questions of the cooperation agenda between Georgia and Armenia were discussed in a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan on Friday in Tbilisi.
The "bridge of friendship" unveiled by Georgia and Armenia "symbolises the success of our cooperation and friendship", Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Friday at the official opening ceremony of a new road bridge on the Debeda River near the Georgian-Armenian border.
Georgia as a transit country is of "great importance" for Armenia in the matter of reliable and safe supply of energy resources, communications and telecommunications to the country, Armenian PM Nikol Pashinyan said on Friday at the opening of a new bridge connecting the two neighbouring countries, an occasion he attended with his Georgian counterpart Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday said all three countries of the South Caucasus region - Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia - had to solve their regional and development issues “by themselves”.