Gov’t to set up commission for project of Georgian cultural centre in Jordan
In his comments earlier today, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili once again emphasised the role of the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II in the work on opening the cultural centre in Jordan. On January 19 the head of the government revealed the opening of the cultural venue would take place with the blessing of the Georgian Patriarch. Photo: dogma.ge.
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The Georgian government will set up a commission for developing the concept for a Georgian cultural centre near the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ in Jordan, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.
The cultural centre will be launched on a plot of land gifted by Jordan’s royal family to Georgia earlier this month, a development the Georgian PM said marked a “return to the holy land” for Georgians.
In his comments earlier today, Garibashvili once again emphasised the role of the Georgian Patriarch Ilia II in the work on opening the cultural centre. On January 19 the head of the government revealed the opening of the cultural venue would take place with the blessing of the Georgian Patriarch.
The PM also thanked the royals of Jordan - His Majesty King Abullah II and His Royal Highness Prince Ghazi bin Muhammed of Jordan - as well as Patriarch Theophilus III of Jerusalem and others involved in the transfer of the 4,000-square metre plot.
Both the secular and clerical authorities were involved in the transfer of the 4,000-square metre plot near the Jordan River that flows through the Sea of Galilee lake and towards the Dead Sea.
The river bears symbolic significance in both Judaism and Christianity, and is bordered by the West Bank and Israel on the west, and by Jordan and the Golan Heights to the east.
Georgian Ambassador to Jordan Zaza Kandelaki met with the mayor of Amman Dr. Yousef Shawarbeh on 24 January to discuss the relationship of and future cooperation between the two countries.
Georgia has appointed new ambassadors to four countries: Turkey, Jordan, Latvia and Austria.
With both parties supporting the idea of closer parliamentary cooperation, the Jordanian officials noted their country was ready to help facilitate new Arabian investments to Georgia and open its university doors to Georgian students.
Jordanian Major General Youssef Ahmed Al-Hnaity is paying his first official visit to Georgia. At the meeting held earlier today, the Minister of Justice of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze and Jordanian Major General Youssef Ahmed Al-Hnaity discussed future plans for defence cooperation between the two countries and signed a defence deal for closer military cooperation.
Important issues for Georgia and current events in the world were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the Catholicos Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II.
Georgians are “returning to the Holy Land” after 300 years, Zaza Kandelaki, the Georgian Ambassador to Jordan, said on Saturday on the occasion of a handover of a plot of land near the Jordan River for opening a Georgian culture centre.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday presented the Georgian state Order of the Golden Fleece to King Abdullah II of Jordan in a return gesture after the handover by Jordanian authorities of a plot of land near the Jordan River to Georgia for an opening of a Georgian culture centre.
The first session of the Government commission for establishing a Georgian cultural centre near the Jordan River was held on Tuesday and chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, members of his Government and representatives of the country’s Orthodox Church Patriarchate were on Wednesday introduced to the initial architectural plan and presentation of the project for launching a Georgian cultural centre on the Jordan River.
The Government commission for establishing a Georgian culture centre near the Jordan River approved the plan for the venue on Friday, in the latest development for the initiative that originated in last year’s handover of the land plot for the purpose by the royal family of Jordan to Georgia.
Relations between Georgia and Jordan were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Archil Dzuliashvili, the country’s newly appointed Ambassador to Jordan, Iraq and Libya, the Government Administration said.