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Georgian PM Gakharia to visit Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey this month

Georgian PM, like President Salome Zurabishvili, will first visit Azerbaijan Photo: government of Georgia press office.

Agenda.ge, 08 Oct 2019 - 18:06, Tbilisi,Georgia

The new prime minister of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia will visit neighboring countries this month, starting the tour by visiting Azerbaijan tomorrow.

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The PM will visit Armenia next week and arrive in Turkey at the end of October,” the administration of the government of Georgia reports.

The administration also says that Gakharia will visit Brussels as soon as the ongoing staff-related issues are complete and the new head of the European Commission officials takes their post.

Gakharia replaced Mamuka Bakhtadze in the role in early September, previously serving as the interior minister of the country.

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The new PM of Georgia Giorgi Gakharia has held his first official meeting with acting US Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Philip Reeker in Tbilisi earlier today, stating that the country’s Euro-Atlantic integration and further strengthening of relations with the US are the major goals of the new cabinet.

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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, who has launched his tour with neighbouring countries by visiting Azerbaijan, has told Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev that the “visit will once again show our allies and friends that there are no problems between the two countries which have not been settled in a friendly and brotherly manner.”

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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has left for Turkey for a one-day visit to meet with top Turkish officials in Ankara, the government of Georgia press office reports. Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, Economy Minister Natia Turnava and the PM’s advisor for foreign affairs Irakli Chikovani are accompanying Gakharia.

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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has made a statement regarding ongoing hostilities between Azerbaijan and Armenia, stating that ‘it is in our common interest for peace to be restored in the region as quickly as possible. Georgia is ready to facilitate this process in any way, including by hosting a meeting of representatives of the sides of the conflict in Tbilisi for the purpose of holding a dialogue’.