Georgia supports territorial integrity of Spain, says Tbilisi
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Georgia fully supports the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Spain within its internationally recognised borders, says the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
"Georgia hopes that the situation in the Kingdom of Spain will be handled in a peaceful manner, with full protection of the country’s legislation and its constitution and in accordance with the principles of law,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry told local media.
The Spanish region of Catalonia held a referendum on independence this Sunday. The single question that faced voters was "Do you want Catalonia to become an independent state in the form of a republic?" Preliminary results show 90 percent in favour of independence.
Nearly 900 people were hurt as police violently tried to enforce a Spanish court order suspending the vote, which the government had declared illegal.
The leader of the autonomous region told the BBC today that Catalonia will declare independence from Spain in a matter of days. Meanwhile, Spain's King Felipe VI said the vote's organisers had put themselves "outside the law."
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with his Spanish counterpart Mariano Rajoy within his official visit to Spain.
King Felipe VI of Spain visited the Georgian exhibition pavilion with the Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, who informed the couple of Georgia’s resorts, tourist potential and ongoing projects.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with the President of both ACS Group – a leading engineering company – and Real Madrid, Florentino Perez, while on his official State visit to Spain.
Georgia’s growing tourism potential was discussed as Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met King Felipe VI of Spain in Madrid last night.
Georgia supports the territorial integrity of Spain and rejects unilateral actions, says Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili. Kvirikashvili took to Twitter to voice his support for the Spanish government.
Spain has praised the fruitful and successful operations of the Georgian police attache and Police Vice-Colonel Shalva Shubladze.
The Spanish Foreign Ministry has released a statement to clarify that no representative office of Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Tskhinvali has opened in Barcelona. Earlier this week, reports spread in the media that South Ossetia had opened its representation in Barcelona.
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has sent a letter to King Philip VI of the Kingdom of Spain and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy expressing Georgia’s strong support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Spain.
Georgian Minister of Foreign Affairs David Zalkaliani has started his official visit to Spain yesterday. He will hold several meetings with the Spanish government officials until January 29.
Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has held meetings in the Spanish parliament today and thanked the country’s lawmakers for their support in international parliamentary formats.