Georgia’s Foreign Minister visits Austria: Business, politics and security in focus
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Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze has travelled to Austria for a three-day state visit today.
The Georgian Minister will meet the top official of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Secretary General Lamberto Zannier in capital Vienna.
Janelidze was scheduled to hold Georgia-Austria bilateral meetings too, including one with Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz.
Furthermore the Georgian Minister will take part in an OSCE Permanent Council meeting, where he will deliver a speech and visit the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna to meet the institution’s director Dr. Hans Winkler and president of the Austrian Institute for European and Security Policy (AIES) Werner Fasslabend.
While abroad Janelidze will speak about European integration of Georgia: Achievements and Challenges of the EU Associated Partner.
A part of his visit will focus economic relations between Georgia and Austria. Janelidze will attend the opening ceremony of the Georgia-Austria business forum and meet high officials from the Development Bank of Austria.
While in Vienna, Georgia’s top diplomat will attend and speak at a celebratory reception devoted to the 25th anniversary of Georgia’s restoration of independence from the Soviet Union.
Janelidze will end his Austria visit on June 3.
Today Kvirikashvili hosted Ambassador of Austria to Georgia, Axel Wech in Tbilisi.
Two business forums are being held today in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, being attended by official delegations from Austria and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Georgia and Austria are intensifying their relations in all fields, especially in agriculture and environment protection. The presidents of the two countries met and discussed bilateral collaboration issues in Tbilisi today.
President of Austria Heinz Fischer is coming to Tbilisi today. An official welcoming ceremony for the Austrian President and First Lady will take place at Giorgi Margvelashvili’s presidential residence in Avlabari, Tbilisi.
Developing the level of agricultural cooperation between Georgia and Austria was the focus of a meeting between representatives of the two countries today.
Parliament of Austria is rejecting the new alliance between Russia and Georgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region and says it would continue to be a strong supporter of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia.
Georgia’s President is continuing his working visit to Austria.
Austrian Federal Minister of Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs Sebastian Kurz is in Tbilisi and holding talks with Georgian leadership in Tbilisi today and tomorrow.
Georgia is being represented at the 2014 European Forum Alpbach in Austria where decision makers, politicians, academics and students from all over the globe converge to discuss and brainstorm new solutions to European global issues.
Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz will visit Georgia as soon as his county takes over OSCE chairmanship in 2017 to stress Georgia is always high on the agency’s agenda.
The stable and calm pre-election environment that is present in Georgia prior to upcoming important elections is clearly visible,” the second President of the National Council of Austria Karlheinz Kopf told Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at a meeting in Tbilisi.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze participates in the OSCE informal ministerial in the Austrian city of Mauerbach.