Estonian Foreign Minister: [We] will never recognise occupation of Akhazia, South Ossetia
Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Estonia held a phone conversation on May 3. Photo: Embassy of Georgia to the Republic of Estonia/Facebook
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“Abkhazia and South Ossetia are an inseparable part of Georgia and this must be respected”, the the newly-appointed Estonian Foreign Minister Urmas Reinsalu said.
Estonia will never recognise the occupation of these territories,” he told his Georgian counterpart Foreign Minister Davit Zalkaliani during a phone conversation yesterday.
Both ministers reaffirmed that the relations between their countries “are good and their friendship remains strong”, the Estonian foregn ministry reported.
FM Reinsalu also said that Estonia and Georgia "are very close partners" and they "enjoy great cooperation in nearly all areas".
We continue to firmly support Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration, including by sharing our own experiences with carrying out reforms,” he further stated.
FM Zalkaliani congratulated his Estonian counterpart on his recent appointment as a foreign minister and thanked him for supporting Georgia.
The foreign ministers will have a chance to meet for the first time at the high-level Eastern Partnership conference held in Brussels on 14 May, which is dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili held a phone conversation with her Estonian counterpart President Kersti Kaljulaid yesterday. Zurabishvili, who was the initiator of the call, thanked Kaljulaid for raising the issue of Georgia at her recent meeting with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
In anticipation Georgia's progress to be appropriately recognised at upcoming NATO summit in Brussels, President Margvelashvili has discussed steps made by the country towards Euro-Atlantic integration with Estonian leaders.
The Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid told her Georgian counterpart Giorgi Margvelashvili in Tallinn today that Georgia can be proud of its achievements and that the country deserves more than just kind and encouraging words.
Georgia is a priority partner for Estonia, the latter will spare no efforts to contribute to advancing Georgia-EU relations as the EU Council presidency holder-country, says the President of Estonia. Kaljulaid is paying her first official visit to Tbilisi, Georgia.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani held a meeting with the US Acting Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Phillip Reeker in Washington D.C. yesterday. Zalkaliani and Reeker discussed the Georgia-US strategic partnership, regional security and Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration.