Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina agree on deepening cooperation
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The foreign ministries of Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina have signed a memorandum of cooperation recognising the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their countries within their internationally recognized borders.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze and his counterpart, the Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina Igor Crnadak, signed the memorandum yesterday.
The signed Memorandum of Cooperation between Foreign Ministries #Georgia and #BosniaHerzegovina will create new avenues for our cooperation based on international principles, common values, aspirations and mutual respect of sovereignty and territorial integrity pic.twitter.com/5YAx3GE0Hp
— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) March 5, 2018
Signing the memorandum, Janelidze and Crnadak praised the friendship and partnership between Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina and expressed their readiness to support the further development of cooperation in trade, tourism, agriculture and service provision.
The two ministers welcomed visa-free travel opportunities between Georgia and Bosnia and Herzegovina as yet another step forward in deepening bilateral cooperation between the countries.
From October 2017, Georgian citizens holding biometric passports have been able to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina without a visa for 90 days.
Glad to be back in beautiful Sarajevo and to have the first official visit as FM #Georgia. Pleasure to discuss w dear colleague Czrnadak next steps in our friendly relations pic.twitter.com/n38Xdo59Tw
— Mikheil Janelidze (@JanelidzeMkh) March 5, 2018
Minister Janelidze is paying his first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina from March 5-6. He has further scheduled a visit to Serbia where he will also meet with Serbian officials, including President Aleksandar VuÄiÄ, Prime Minister Ana Brnabic, Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic and other ministers.
During the visit to Serbia an agreement will be signed between the two governments cancelling visa requirements for holders of ordinary passports.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze is paying the first official visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia today.
The Foreign Minister of Bosnia and Herzegovina is on a historic visit to Georgia, where today he met his Georgian counterpart Minister Mikheil Janelidze in capital Tbilisi.
The Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has welcomed a Georgia-Serbia visa free deal, which will be signed during Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze’s ongoing visit to Serbia.
The Georgian and Serbian foreign ministers signed a visa free deal between the two countries on March 7.The agreement, which will come into play in the coming hours, will enable Georgian citizens holding ordinary passports to travel visa free to Serbia.
A Georgian consulate was opened today in Serbia’s capital of Belgrade by Georgian Parliamentary Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.