Armenian FM pays first official visit to Georgia
Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Georgia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan and David Zalkaliani discuss bilateral ties. Photo: Armenian Foreign Ministry's Twitter page
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Foreign Minister of Armenia Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is paying his first official visit to Georgia.
Meeting with his Georgian counterpart, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliania earlier today, Mnatsakanyan welcomed recent reciprocal visits between officials of the two countries.
- Georgian, Armenian PMs hold informal meeting in Georgian town of Bolnisi
- Georgian, Armenian PMs hold yet another informal meeting
Welcoming his Armenian counterpart, Minister Zalkaliani said this visit underscores the importance of bilateral relations between Georgia and Armenia and their “historic, friendly ties”.
Happy to welcome my friend and colleague @ZMnatsakanyan in Tbilisi today for his first official visit to Georgia. We confirm our determination to further deepen relations of our countries ???????????????? pic.twitter.com/1Vc2hDY21T
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) July 24, 2019
During the meeting, Minister Zalkaliani stressed importance of economic cooperation between Georgia and Armenia and Armenia's leading position among Georgia’s trade partners.
He also underscored that the number of Armenian visitors is increasing in Georgia, which contributes to deepening ties between the two nations.
In the framework of his official visit to #Georgia????????, #Armenia???????? FM @ZMnatsakanyan laid a wreath at the Square of Heroes in #Tbilisi.@GovernmentGeo @MFAgovge @ArmEmbGeorgia pic.twitter.com/E03uY0URv0
— MFA of Armenia???????? (@MFAofArmenia) July 24, 2019
During the visit to Tbilisi Minister Mnatsakanyan visited Armenian church as well as laid wreath at the Heroes Square.
Later today he met with Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze as well.
In #Tbilisi????????, FM @ZMnatsakanyan and PM of #Georgia @BakhtadzeMamuka discussed ????????-???????? bilateral agenda, trade-economic relations, regional security issues, & exchanged views on the vision of #EaP & enlargement of co-op. pic.twitter.com/nVPVzlUO54
— MFA of Armenia???????? (@MFAofArmenia) July 24, 2019
Zohrab Mnatsakanyan will also meet with Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze.
He will leave Georgia tomorrow.
Georgian and Armenian Prime Ministers Mamuka Bakhtadze and Nikol Pashinyan met informally today in the village of Yenokavan in the Tavush province bordering Georgia. Tomorrow PM Bakhtadze will meet with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who has arrived in Georgia on a two day visit on March 24-25.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has visited Armenia on her official trip today and has held a meeting with her Armenian counterpart Armen Sarkissian.
Georgian Defence Minister Levan Izoria and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan have met to discuss how the cooperation in the defence field may be boosted between the two countries.
Georgian and Armenian Prime Ministers Mamuka Bakhtadze and NIkol Pashinyan met informally on Tuesday in the Georgian town of Bolnisi, which is predominantly inhabited by ethnic minorities, Armenians among them.