Iranian FM visiting Georgia
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Georgia earlier today. Photo: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif visited Georgia earlier today.
Georgian Deputy FM Aleksandre Khvtisiashvili welcomed Javad Zarif at Tbilisi International Airport.
Mohammad Javad Zarif is scheduled to hold meetings at the Georgian Foreign Ministry and then with Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia and President Salome Zurabiashvili.
Tomorrow Mohammad Javad Zarif will visit Turkey.
Georgia has imposed a travel ban on Iran, after a Georgian citizen who recently travelled there has tested positive for the coronavirus. The intergovernmental coordination group ld by Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia gathered on Wednesday after the first case of the infection has been confirmed in the country earlier that day.
The Government of Georgia has made a decision to suspend direct flights with Iran amid the recent coronavirus outbreak. The Foreign Ministry announced today that this aims to prevent the spread of the virus to Georgia and to protect its citizens.
Head of the Georgian National Centre for Disease Control Amiran Gamkrelidze reported yesterday that the worsening of epidemiological situation in Iran amid the coronavirus outbreak is “a serious concern” for Georgia, as the number of infections is increasing there.
Georgia-Iran flights are continuing without cancellation nor changes to schedule, the Georgian Civil Aviation Agency (GCAA) told Agenda.ge.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili and Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia have held separate meetings with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif who has arrived in Tbilisi earlier today. Iranian FM also held a phone conversation with his Georgian counterpart David Zalkaliani who is in self-isolation.