President Margvelashvili meets French President Hollande in Paris
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Georgia’s President Giorgi Margvelashvili will meet French President Francois Hollande later this week.
Margvelashvili together with his wife Maka Chishua and a Georgian delegation will pay a three-day visit to France starting April 20.
The meeting will serve to deepen Georgia-France relations.
The Georgian presidential couple will be welcomed with a special ceremony at the Les Invalides, a historic palace in Paris. Later the couple will be hosted by President Hollande at Elysee Palace.
While in France, Margvelashvili will meet senior political and cultural officials.
He will visit the historic Leuville castle and see the library, which was restored using funds from the Georgian President’s Reserve Fund. At the castle Margvelashvili will meet descendants of Georgia’s first government members, who settled in exile in the French castle in 1921 after fleeing Georgia in the wake of the Soviet military invasion.
Meanwhile a special reception in Paris will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the restoration of Georgia’s independence.
President Margvelashvili and the Georgian delegation will leave France on April 23.
About 30km south of Paris is Leuville-sur-Orge, which some describe as a ‘small Georgia’. The area is symbolic for Georgians, with its castle and orthodox cemetery.
A historic castle in the small French village of Leuville could soon become property of Georgia in recognition of the country’s connection to the site.
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At a joint press conference held with President Giorgi Margvelashvili, the French leader spoke about importance for Georgia to sign the Association Agreement (AA) with the EU and the partnership between France and Georgia.
The President of Georgia has today opened a special exhibition in the capital of France revealing historic documents of the First Republic of Georgia.
A top level meeting between the President of Georgia and the President of France has left a good impression and a sense of optimism on the mind of the Georgian official. President Margvelashvili met his French counterpart Hollande in Paris yesterday.
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President of Georgia Giorgi Margvelashvili believes normalising relations with Russia is a good idea but he says "Georgia will never accept annexation” of its two Russian-occupied territories.
President of France Francois Hollande says his country fully supports Georgia’s visa liberalisation with the European Union (EU) and that he will task relevant ministries in his country to provide France’s consent for Georgia’s visa- free travel to the Schengen zone within the "shortest terms”.