Georgian PM: German president’s visit confirms Germany sees Georgia as a reliable ally
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia met with German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier at the administrative building of the government of Georgia in Tbilisi earlier today. Photo: Prime Minister’s press office.
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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 told Steinmeier during a meeting earlier today, the government of Georgia press office reports.
The press office cited Steinmeier as saying that Georgia is a leading country in terms of economic reforms.
Gakharia and Steinmeier discussed the situation in the occupied regions of Georgia. Gakharia stated that it is important the western partners of Georgia raise the issue at international formats and their bilateral formats with Russia,” the press office stated.
Gakharia thanked Germany for its involvement in the European Union Monitoring Mission and the support for the implementation of the Substantial NATO-Georgia Package.
Steinmeier has already met with Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili.
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.
The German Federal President Frank Walter Steinmeier has arrived in Tbilisi. Accompanied by his wife Elke Budenbender, Steinmeier is paying an official visit to Georgia for the first time as a President.
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.
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will pay an official visit to Georgia on October 6, the Georgian president’s press office reports.
Georgian Minister of Economy Natia Turnava has met with German Federal Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Thomas Bareiß to speak about Georgian-German economic relations and cooperation in the field of private investments today.
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.
German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited the occupation line dividing Georgia with the Russian occupied region of Tskhinvali (South Ossetia) today. Steinmeier joined the European Union Monitoring Mission monitors in the village of Odzisi and received information on the developments along the occupation line.