Georgian PM meets world leaders prior to 72nd UN General Assembly session in US
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has started bilateral meetings with world leaders within the upcoming 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York, United States (US).
Discussing bilateral cooperation between Georgia and the European Union (EU), the country’s ongoing reforms, and the situation in Georgia’s Russian occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali (South Ossetia), President of European Council Donald Tusk said the EU remains committed to Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Discussed ongoing political & economic reforms supported by #EU in #Georgia w/ @eucopresident Donald Tusk #UNGAhttps://t.co/yVSRYGUzB9pic.twitter.com/0XlvcJ0t3S
— Giorgi Kvirikashvili (@KvirikashviliGi) September 18, 2017
Prior to the meeting with Tusk, PM Kvirikashvili attended UN Reform – an event organised by the US President Donald Trump and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with the main focus on the organisation’s global role and its activities.
Later on today Kvirikashvili will also meet with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger.
The Georgian delegation headed by PM Kvirikashvili arrived in US on September 17 to participate in a wide range of events scheduled within the 72nd UNGA session.
Prior to delivering a speech at the 72nd UN General Assembly session on September 21, the Georgian delegation will participate in the Open Government partnership (OGP) high-level event where the Georgian PM will take OGP’s one-year chairmanship form France.
The Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has departed for the United States (US) for an official trip where he will take part in a wide range of events scheduled for the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
The Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili is continuing bilateral meetings with world leaders at the 72nd United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York, United States (US).
Georgia has assumed the chairmanship of the Open Government Partnership (OGP) Steering Committee last night, which means that for the first time Georgia has become the chair of the OGP for a one year term taking the role from France.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met the European Union's High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini.
The world leaders delivering speeches at the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly stressed the importance of peace and peaceful resolution of conflicts. Part of the leaders expressed their support to Georgia’s territorial integrity in their speeches.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirkashvili addressed the United Nations General Assembly members in New York, United States (US). This year marks the 25th anniversary of Georgia’s membership in the United Nations.
The United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres has defined 12 areas of concern, mentioning Georgia in terms of "removing the paralysis that has let European conflicts fester and freeze”. He believes that all challenges demand an investment of time, money, energy, political capital and more.
Georgia was elected as a member of the Executive Board of UN-WOMEN yesterday and will keep the position for three years, the Georgian Foreign Ministry announced today.
Voting was held during the United Nations Economic and Social Council meeting in New York and Georgia was elected to one of two vacant seats allocated for Eastern European countries.
The need to recognise the return for internally displaced peoples as a human right and a humanitarian issue is essential, reads a report released on World Refugee Day by the General Secretary of the UN, Antonio Guterres.