Georgian, Spanish FMs meet in Madrid to boost bilateral ties, discuss joint efforts against coronavirus
Georgian and Spanish foreign ministers met in Madrid earlier today. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani has met with his Spanish counterpart Arancha Gonzalez Laya in Madrid earlier today to boost bilateral ties and discuss joint efforts against coronavirus and the post-pandemic period.
Gonzalez stated that Spain will soon voice its solidarity plan to ensure the fair distribution of coronavirus vaccines around the world.
Spain has already expressed readiness to support the fair distribution of vaccines worldwide and of course, to partner states,” Gonzalez stated.
Had an excellent meeting with my colleague @AranchaGlezLaya in Madrid.????????&????????expanding its bilateral ties even in these challenging time. We discussed opportunities to further enhance cooperation in various areas, also expressed readiness for joint actions against #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/kunp2mxfbP
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) January 18, 2021
She said that Spain is ready to boost bilateral ties with Georgia in several directions and support the country to further develop its tourism, infrastructure and energy fields.
It is a very important meeting to upgrade the Spanish-Georgian relations to a new stage and to make a special focus on tourism, infrastructure, energy fields and small and medium businesses. These are the fields Spain and Georgia can cooperate in successfully,” Gonzalez said.
Georgia’s conflict issues, issues related to women’s rights and other issues have also been discussed at the meeting, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said.
The Tbilisi TV tower lit up with the colors of the Spanish flag as a sign of support and solidarity with Spain in the fight against the new coronavirus. Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani wrote on Twitter that Tbilisi is “in solidarity with its Spanish friends”.
Top state officials from the UK and Spain have expressed their gratitude to Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili for her words of solidarity in these hard times due to the coronavirus.
Dozens of Georgian citizens have been provided with temporary accommodation and basic needs in France and Spain by the Georgian Embassies to these countries, says the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A third Georgian citizen, a 65-year-old man, has died of the COVID-19 virus in Spain yesterday, Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia confirmed today.