Georgian FM: Munich Security Conference will be ‘maximally used’ for pushing forward Georgian issues
Decision-makers from all over the world will gather in Munich to discuss the most challenging security issues.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that the upcoming Munich Security Conference, the world’s largest gathering of its kind, will be maximally used for pushing forward Georgian issues.
It is one of the highest level international conferences and the Georgian delegation will maximally raise the Georgian issues in all the formats during the event,” Zalkaliani said.
He stated that Georgia’s role in Black Sea security, its geopolitical location and successful reforms will be particularly in focus.
The conference will run between 15-17 February in Bavaria, Munich, and is expected to host an “unprecedented number of international decision makers,” the conference web page reads.
More than 35 heads of government and heads of state, as well as 50 foreign and 30 defence ministers are expected to be present.
The Georgian Prime Minister will lead the Georgian delegation at the conference.
Georgia will host various events co-organized by the Munich Security Conference (MSC) next year. This is the decision that the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and the Chairman of MSC Wolfgang Ischinger have made today.
Stressing that Georgia aims at developing into a regional economic hub and implementing huge investment projects, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili invited the German and international business people to Georgia to better familiarize with the opportunities the country now has to offer.
European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighborhood Policy Johannes Hahn welcomes the progress in relations between Georgia and the European Union (EU). Meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at the 54th Munich Security Conference today, EU Commissioner Hahn also praised the government’s efforts in carrying out reforms in Georgia.
The Georgian delegation is headed by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, at a conference which is bringing together heads of states from more than 30 countries and more than 100 ministers worldwide. Kvirikashvili will participate in Georgian Politics and Literature, an even dedicated specifically to Georgia and co-organized by the Munich Security Conference.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has stated that it is time NATO offer a more comprehensive strategy to the Black Sea region, as a “secure Europe is unimaginable without a secured Black Sea. Zalkaliani said that accepting countries from the Black Sea region into the alliance will benefit NATO.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria has held meetings with his foreign counterparts and other officials at the Munich Security Conference that ran from 15-17 February.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze will hold the first meeting of the new National Security Council tomorrow. The Council is an eight-member advisory body, responsible for national security policy planning and coordination.