Georgia strengthening ties with Jordan
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Georgian Ambassador to Jordan Zaza Kandelaki met with the mayor of Amman Dr. Yousef Shawarbeh on 24 January to discuss the relationship of and future cooperation between the two countries.
Kandelaki informed the mayor of Amman about Georgia’s investment and business opportunities and the close relations between the two capitals were underlined at the meeting.
Invited by Tbilisi City Hall, the Jordan delegation has attended the celebration of the annual Tbilisoba festival several times in the past years.
Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The relations between the two countries were brought to a new level in September 2015, when the members of the countries’ parliaments agreed on cooperation in education, economy and tourism.
Notably, Queen Rania of Jordan came on an unofficial visit to Tbilisi in 2015.
Later, Mercedes Benz fashion week Tbilisi official Instagram channel published a photo in which Queen Rania was wearing a dress of Matériel – a Georgian brand. The image went viral on Georgian social media.
From a religious and tourism point of view Jordan is especially attractive for Georgians. Besides Petra, there are many places of interest for Orthodox pilgrims.
Two airlines connect Jordan directly with Tbilisi and Batumi International Airports and the number of visitors from both countries is increasing year by year.
A new Jordan airline Royal Wings begins its seasonal chartered flights from Amman to Georgia's international airport in the seaside resort of Batumi.
A group of Jordanian businessmen are visiting Georgia to learn the investment opportunities of the county.
A delegation from Jordan is eager to learn about Georgia's policy for teachers’ professional development and share its best practices.
With both parties supporting the idea of closer parliamentary cooperation, the Jordanian officials noted their country was ready to help facilitate new Arabian investments to Georgia and open its university doors to Georgian students.
Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze met with the Jordanian Senate President Faisal Al-Fayez today. The two leaders spoke of enhancing bilateral cooperation between their countries.
Jordanian Major General Youssef Ahmed Al-Hnaity is paying his first official visit to Georgia. At the meeting held earlier today, the Minister of Justice of Georgia Juansher Burchuladze and Jordanian Major General Youssef Ahmed Al-Hnaity discussed future plans for defence cooperation between the two countries and signed a defence deal for closer military cooperation.
A Georgian cultural centre will be launched on a plot of land gifted by Jordan’s royal family to the country, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ marking a “return to the holy land”, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday.
The Georgian government will set up a commission for developing the concept for a Georgian cultural centre near the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ in Jordan, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.
Georgians are “returning to the Holy Land” after 300 years, Zaza Kandelaki, the Georgian Ambassador to Jordan, said on Saturday on the occasion of a handover of a plot of land near the Jordan River for opening a Georgian culture centre.