German President to visit Georgia this week
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will visit Georgia with his wife. Photo: brigitte.de.
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German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay an official visit to Georgia on October 6, the Georgian president’s press office reports.
Steinmeier will visit the country with his wife Elke Budenbender and hold his first meeting with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili at the Atoneli Presidential Palace.
He is also scheduled to meet with Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia, Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze and Catholics Patriarch Ilia II.
While in Georgia Steinmeier will view several wineries in the Kakheti region of western Georgia, Alaverdi Monastery and the palace of King Erekle II.
Previously Steinmeier visited Georgia in 2016, when he served as foreign minister of Germany.
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The German Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier will pay an official visit to Georgia later today. Steinmeier will travel to Georgia with his wife Elke Budenbender in the afternoon, his office reported.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has met with her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has paid his first visit to Georgia in the role, arriving in Tbilisi with his wife late yesterday. After an official reception at the Atoneli Presidential Palace and a face-to-face meeting earlier today Zurabishvili said that conflict issues were on top of the agenda.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia says that the visit of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to Georgia confirms that the country perceives Georgia as a reliable partner.“Germany’s support for Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic integration carries huge importance. Your visit confirms that Germany takes Georgia as a reliable partner,” Gakharia said.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who has met with Georgian Catholics Patriarch Ilia II while on his first official visit to Georgia in the role, has said that the Georgian government is looking for ways to peacefully settle conflicts, adding that achieving the goal will be difficult without the “active involvement of Russia,” the Georgian Public Broadcaster reports.