Dutch FM visiting Georgia for the first time in 10 years
Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Stef Blok will visit the occupation line in Georgia during the visit. Photo: aa.com.tr.
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Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Stef Blok will come to Georgia today which will be the first visit of a foreign minister from the country to Georgia in the past ten years, the Georgian Foreign Ministry has reported earlier today.
The ministry said that the first official visit of Blok to Georgia “will further strengthen bilateral cooperation between Georgia and the Netherlands.”
The issues of bilateral and multilateral cooperation, Georgia’s Euro-Atlantic intentions and territories issues will be on the top of the agenda between the meeting of the Georgian and Dutch foreign ministers,” the Georgian Foreign Ministry says.
Blok is scheduled to visit the occupation line in the village of Odzisi with members of the European Union Monitoring Mission ‘to see the situation on the ground.’
Blok will leave Georgia tomorrow.
The Dutch PM Mark Rutte has stated that “thanks to non-stop work for many years” Georgia has become a role model for the countries in the region and a main partner of the EU and the Netherlands. Rutte made the statement after his meeting with Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia in the Netherlands which is a historic visit as it is the first time the Georgian PM holds, official, bilateral meetings in the country.
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Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Stef Blok, who came to Tbilisi late yesterday, says that Georgia is a ‘very important country’ for security and stability in the region and ‘enjoys values like the rule of law, human rights and democratization.’He said that the Netherlands will continue to support democratic reforms in Georgia.