FM Zalkaliani to visit Ukraine
The Georgian Foreign Minister will meet with Ukrainian officials as well as participate in trilateral meeting with his Ukrainian and Moldovan counterparts ahead of the Eastern Partnership summit. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office
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Georgian Foreign minister David Zalkaliani will pay a two-day official visit to Kiev, Ukraine on May 16-17.
In Kiev, FM Zalkaliani will meet with the representatives of the Ukrainian government and parliament.
FM Zalkaliani has tweeted:
Delighted to travel to Kyiv, ????????, hold high-level bilateral meetings & participate in joint meeting W my ???????? & ???????? counterparts @AureliuCiocoi & @DmytroKuleba. The visit is to create a great opportunity to focus on EU-integration agenda, as well as the forthcoming #EaP Summit.
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) May 16, 2021
During the visit David Zalkaliani will also participate in a foreign ministerial meeting with his counterparts from two other EU associated countries - Ukraine and Moldova.
The three ministers will discuss the steps they have made for strengthening political dialogue, economy and sectoral integration with the EU.
They will also discuss the upcoming Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit as well as the security environment and the challenges in the region.
EaP was created on April 7, 2009. It is a joint initiative involving the EU, its member states and six Eastern European partners: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine.
It is noteworthy that Georgia has been long recognised as the leader of the EaP initiative with its achievements.
Earlier in February, Georgian, Ukrainian and Moldovan foreign ministers have sent a joint letter to EU officials in which they requested deeper cooperation between their countries and the EU.