Georgia, Ukraine discuss deepening bilateral cooperation
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Georgian Parliamentary Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze met with Andriy Parubiy the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi today.
Having visited the country under the NATO Parliamentary Assembly’s spring session, Parubiy said he was glad to congratulate Georgian people with the 26th anniversary of restoration of independence from the Soviet Union under the NATO PA session held in Tbilisi.
It is important to intensify relations between our countries and I believe that the parliamentary format is the dimension allowing us to make rapid steps”, Parubiy said.
He said Georgia and Ukraine have immense potential of cooperation in various spheres including security, infrastructure and transport.
Parubiy further spoke about establishment of Georgia-Ukraine-Moldova Parliamentary Assembly and noted that this format will facilitate to further intensification of cooperation.
Georgia-Ukraine-Moldova Parliamentary Assembly may complete cooperation in Baltic and Black Sea regions, which is important for cooperation in transport and economic spheres, as well as in infrastructural direction”, he said.
Ukrainian President and Prime Minister plan to visit Georgia this year.
Kobakhidze said against the background of Russian aggression to Georgia and Ukraine, "it once again became clear that our people shall stand united to deal with foreign threats and mobilise international support”.
Regional issues, transport corridors, development of transit route and trade-economic unions were among the issues Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili and Parubiy discussed today. Photo by the PM's press office
Welcoming European aspirations of the two countries Kvirikashvili congratulated Ukrainian citizens with their recent visa-free travel to the European Union/Schengen Area that came soon after Georgia’s visa liberalisation and also welcomed increasing interest of Ukrainian tourists to Georgia.
Meeting with Parubiy on the same day, Georgian President Margvelashvili praised long record of friendship between Georgia and Ukraine - the two countries sharing the same challenges and threats.
President Margvelashvili said that the issues of the Russian occupied regions of Georgia and Ukraine should always be on international agenda.
NATO Parliamentarians have adopted a declaration in support of Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly session in Tbilisi today.
NATO door is open to those who share the alliance’ values, meet its standards and want to contribute to the joint efforts, and holding a NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) session in Tbilisi, Georgia is a proof of this commitment.
NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) reaffirms its full support to Georgia's territorial integrity within its internationally-recognised borders.
Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament Andriy Parubiy visits a family living behind a barbed wire fence near the Russian-occupied area of Georgia – Tskhinvali region (also known as South Ossetia).
Ukrainian Defence Minister Poltorak Stepan is paying an official visit to Tbilisi. He met with his Georgian counterpart Levan Izoria and Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili.
Georgian officials and troops were among celebrating crowds in Kiev earlier today, as the Ukrainian capital marked 26 years of the country’s independence.
Georgian Parliamentary Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze is paying a working visit to Ukraine. On his first day of the visit, Kobakhidze met with Andriy Parubiy the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian Parliament) in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.
Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman says that his country has already elaborated a draft to ease travel regulations between Georgia and Ukraine. "We already handed the draft of the document to Georgia in December,” Groysman told journalists after his meeting with Georgia’s Parliament Chairperson Irakli Kobakhidze in Kyiv.