Presidents of Georgia and Finland discuss strengthening cooperation between the two countries
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Giorgi Margvelashvili and Sauli Niinistö who has visited Georgia on his first working visit agreed to activate bilateral cooperation between Georgia and Finland.
The situation on Georgia’s occupied territories and security environment in the region were the issues discussed by the presidents of Georgia and Finland at a meeting held yesterday.
Georgian president Giorgi Margvelashvili thanked his colleague from Finland for supporting Georgia’s European integration, sovereignty and territorial integrity.
As pointed out at the meeting Georgia and Finland are connected through common interests mainly involving trade and economic relations, tourism development and security. As for the latter, the presidents of the two countries agreed that it is extremely important to strengthen cooperation in the context of hybrid threats.
The Presidents of Armenia, Lithuania, Finland, Poland and Slovakia have delivered speeches in central Tbilisi, together with Georgian top officials, dedicated to the 100th anniversary since the creation of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia.
The President of Finland Sauli Niinisto will visit Georgia on May 26 to mark the 100th anniversary of the First Republic of Georgia with the Georgian people.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with Defence Minister of Finland Jussi Niinisto today. The pair discussed bilateral relations and cooperation between Tbilisi and the newly-launched European Center of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats in Helsinki.
Representatives of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania visited the Administrative Boundary Line (ABL) yesterday between the occupied Tskhinvali region and the rest of Georgia.
Matias Martinnen, the Head of the Finland-Georgia Friendship Group, on Tuesday said his country was ready to help strengthen Georgia’s education system in an interview with the Georgian Public Broadcaster.