Georgian, Czech foreign ministers discuss deeper cooperation amid upcoming Eastern Partnership conference
Minister Zalkaliani thanked the Czech Republic for steady support to Georgian Euro-Atlantic course. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held a meeting with Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek, who is currently on an official visit to Georgia.
Minister Zalkaliani thanked the Czech Republic for steady support to Georgian Euro-Atlantic course and said the countries collaborate intensively in politics, culture and economy.
David Zalkalini stated he welcomes the increased number of Czech tourists in Georgia.
The parties discussed further development of economic cooperation, human rights problems at Russia-occupied regions of Georgia and highlighted the importance of involvement of international community in fulfillment of the 2008 Ceasefire Agreement [by Russia].
The parties signed a deal to cooperate in crime prevention as well as a protocol on the implementation of the EU-Georgia Readmission Agreement.
Tomas Petricek said Georgia has all the tools to prepare for NATO integration and the Czech Republic appreciates Georgian [military] missions in NATO.
Tomas Petricek will participate in the upcoming Eastern Partnership conference that will open tomorrow in the Georgian coastal city of Batumi.
Ten years have passed since the creation of the EU Eastern Partnership format, uniting six Eastern European countries: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine to support democracy, prosperity and stability in the region.
Georgia’s Black Sea town of Batumi will host the inaugural investment forum of the Eastern Partnership on July 11. The event will bring together some 400 participants from the European Union and the six countries of the Eastern Partnership - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The Eastern Partnership (EaP) ministerial, to mark the 19th anniversary of the format created to reinforce the political association and economic integration of six Eastern European countries into the EU, has been held today in Brussels earlier today.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze has stayed Georgia needs more ambitious plans, like that of the Eastern Partnership 10 years ago. He also said the country is “ready to make large steps forward.”
European Council President Donald Tusk has arrived in Georgia to participate in the international conference in the Black Sea town of Batumi, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the EU’s Eastern Partnership initiative.
German Bundestag VP Claudia Roth has called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to remember what the borders of Georgia and Ukraine looked like in 1991 before conflicts in the region broke out. Claudia Roth made the comment at the 16th Batumi International Conference, dedicated to the 10th anniversary of the Eastern Partnership.
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.
Georgia and the Czech Republic have discussed growing business and economic ties between these two countries, at the fifth Georgia-Czech Intergovernmental Economic Committee session in Prague, earlier today.
Czech Deputy Minister of Health Radek Policar is visiting Georgia to discuss further cooperation perspectives in fighting against the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond with the Georgian authorities, announces the Embassy of Czechia in Georgia.