Georgian, Turkish Prime Ministers meet in Georgia’s region of Adjara
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Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili met with Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim in Georgia’s Black Sea resort town of Batumi in Adjara region late last night.
Yildirim visited Batumi only for a couple of hours and discussed the dynamics of the development of the Georgian-Turkish strategic partnership.
Kvirikashvili said Georgia is ready to host the strategic partnership council’s high level meeting of this year which coincides with the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Georgia and Turkey.
Yildirim said he is looking forward to meet Kvirikashvili again at the leaders’ summit at the upcoming Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Turkey’s city of Istanbul in May.
Per its official webpage "BSEC is a unique and promising model of multilateral political and economic initiative aimed at fostering interaction and harmony among the Member States, as well as to ensure peace, stability and prosperity, encouraging friendly and good-neighborly relations in the Black Sea region”.
Georgia is one of the 12 BSEC Member States together with Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Greece, Moldova, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
More than 20 people have been taken to hospital after a violence erupted in the streets of Georgia’s Black Sea coastal city of Batumi in the Adjara region in the west of the country late on Saturday evening.
Georgian Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze says Turkey has been Georgia’s greatest trade partner for more than a decade.
Georgia’s Foreign Minister Mikheil Janelidze believes Turkey is among Georgia’s biggest economic partners.
"On behalf of the Government of Georgia, I strictly condemn the series of terrorist attacks occurring in Turkey in the recent past and express solidarity with the families of the victims, people and authorities of the Republic of Turkey," says Georgia's Prime Minister.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili says "we respect and welcome the choice of the Turkish people” following this Sunday’s referendum that gives Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sweeping new powers.