Georgia congratulates Boris Johnson on becoming UK’s New PM
Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May as a new Prime Minister and the leader of Conservative party. Photo: Boris Johnson's Twitter page
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Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze and President Salome Zurabishvili congratulated Boris Johnson on becoming United Kingdom’s new Prime Minister.
PM Bakhtadze wrote on his official Twitter page that he is confident UK-Georgia relations “will become even stronger”.
Congratulations to @BorisJohnson on being elected as the new Conservative leader and on becoming the Prime Minister, I am confident that our relations will become even stronger as we have still many avenues left to explore and develop
— Mamuka Bakhtadze (@BakhtadzeMamuka) July 23, 2019
President Zurabishvili also hoped that “historic friendship” between the two countries “will continue to deepen as strategic partners”.
@BorisJohnson, congratulations on becoming the next Prime Minister of the #UnitedKingdom ????????! Georgia and the UK have a historic friendship that we will continue to deepen as strategic partners.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) July 23, 2019
In his first speech as the new Prime Minister late on July 24 Boris Johnson said there is one point the politicians need to remember: "It is that people are our bosses", he said.
We in this Government will work flat out to give this country the leadership it deserves. That work begins now pic.twitter.com/Nqd8SdBDAR
— Boris Johnson (@BorisJohnson) July 24, 2019
Replacing Theresa May, who served as UK's Prime Minister since 2016, Johnson has promised to "deliver Brexit" by October 31, 2019.
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