PM Garibashvili meets world leaders at Munich Conference
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Georgia's Prime Minister rubbed shoulders with world leaders at the annual Munich Security Conference in Germany.
Bilateral cooperation in defence and security was discussed at a meeting between PM Irakli Garibashvili and U.S. Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel at the annual event.
The two leaders also highlighted Georgia’s contribution to the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission in Afghanistan.
Whithin the conference, Garibashvili also met Serbian Prime Minister Ivica DaÄiÄ, President of Croatia Ivo JosipoviÄ and Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev. He also met with Slovakia's Foreign Minister Miroslav LajÄák, OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier, Prime Minister of Slovenia Alenka Bratušek and a U.S. congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain.
The Security Conference opened in Munich yesterday.
The Georgian PM is accompanied on the international trip by Defence Minister Irakli Alasania and Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze.
Garibashvili is expected to give a speech at the conference later tonight.
The politicians discussed the Georgian-British cooperation in the fields of defence and security.
They talked about Georgia’s progress on its way to joining NATO.
The United Nation’s role in a peaceful resolution of the Russian-Georgian conflict has been discussed by Georgia’s Prime Minister and the UN Secretary General.
Eighteen heads of state and government, including Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili together with more than 50 foreign and defense ministers gathering in Munich for the start of the 50th Munich Security Conference (MSC).
This year will be a very successful year for Georgia and the country will prosper, Georgia’s Prime Minister believes.
"Fruitful” was how Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili described his meetings with world leaders at the Munich Security Conference.
"Mostly successful” is how Georgian authorities and a United State Ambassadorassessed Georgia’s appearance at the international Security Conference in Munich.
Georgia’s former president is viewed as a "disappointment” by many in Europe, PM Garibashvili said on national television.
United States Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel will visit Georgia after the NATO Summit next week.
Days after the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) Summit in Wales ended, United States (US) Secretary of Defence Chuck Hagel is visiting Georgia on his first official visit. In a meeting with Georgian officials yesterday, Hagel pledged the US would help the former Soviet republic improve its security.