Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has been gifted a series of historic letters exchanged between Foreign Minister of the First Democratic Republic Republic of Georgia Akaki Chkhenkeli and Sir Eric Drummond, first secretary-general of the League of Nations, which took place before the Soviet Union occupied Georgia in 1921.
It is a special gift,” Zurabishvili said, who is a descendant of an official of the First Democratic Republic of Georgia Niko Nokoladze, who had to leave Georgia in 1921 and live in emigration in France, where Zurabishvili was born.
#Wow. Thank you to @UNOG_DG Michael Møller for an amazing gift, the historic correspondence between Georgian Ambassador to France Akaki Chkhenkeli and Sir Eric Drummond, first Secretary-General of the League of Nations, straight from the @UN library ????????. pic.twitter.com/kyzCbeW1gs
— Presidential Administration of Georgia (@GeorgiaPres) June 11, 2019
The correspondence has been digitalised.
While in Geneva, where Zurabishvili came to attend the International Labor Organisation’s centennial on Monday, the president met with the UN High Commission for Refugees Filippo Grandi and the heads of the World Trade Organisation and World Health Organisation.
Georgian president has discussed economic issues with the head of WTO.
@WTODGAZEVEDO and I expressed our opinions on a deeper cooperation between the @wto and #Georgia in #Geneva today. #ilo100 pic.twitter.com/ErwfTgMHlk
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) June 11, 2019
Grandi praised the Georgian government for its support of IDPs and said that Georgia is able to solve the issue of illegal migration with the help of international organisations.
The Georgian president wrote in her tweet.
One of our last meetings in #Geneva was with @DrTedros, Director-General of the @WHO. The World Health Organization does great work across the ???? and I was pleased to discuss how we can work together even further. pic.twitter.com/6S9v6nefpz
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) June 11, 2019
Roberto Azevedo, head of the World Trade Organisation, stated that the WTO is ready to share its experience with Georgia regarding the development of small and medium-sized business.