Ukrainian president awards Georgian PM with order of merit
The Crimea Platform summit was established in April of 2021 within the NATO parliamentary assembly and aims to achieve deoccupation of Crimea and its peaceful return to Ukraine. Photo: The Georgian Government Administration.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has awarded Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili the first degree order of merit during the Crimea Platform summit, the Georgian government administration announces.
President Zelensky also awarded the European Council President Charles Michel, the European Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis, presidents of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Slovakia and Moldova and prime ministers of Romania, Slovakia and Croatia.
PM Garibashvili along with the leaders of 40 countries participated in the Crimea Platform Summit earlier today and addressed the summit participants, noting that the Crimean platform is a 'window opportunity to speak out of the atrocities that the occupation forces have been committing against our people.’
Garibashvili arrived in Ukraine on August 21 with Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani, Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and the Georgian Government Administration Head Ilia Darchiashvili.
PM Garibashvili met with Ukrainian President Zelensky, Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal and Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov yesterday.
Great meeting w/ @ZelenskyyUa to discuss ???????????????? strategic partnership, common European & Euro-Atlantic aspirations, regional security issues & the importance of effective peaceful conflict resolution. ????????reaffirms its unwavering support for ????????'s sovereignty & territorial integrity. pic.twitter.com/37XGBkvGjH
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) August 22, 2021
The Crimea Platform summit was established in April of 2021 within the NATO parliamentary assembly and aims to achieve deoccupation of Crimea and its peaceful return to Ukraine.
As part of his official visit to Ukraine, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has taken part in the Crimean Platform Summit today, which brings together the leaders of more than 40 countries. At the summit Garibashvili said that creating a Crimean platform provides an opportunity to talk about the 'atrocities committed by the occupation forces against our people'.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili met with Ukrainian Parliament Speaker Dmytro Razumkov in Kyiv earlier today, where both officials noted that a ‘political dialogue between Georgia and Ukraine is at an all-time-high.’
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has stated during his official visit to Ukraine that Russian actions in both Ukraine and Georgia ‘are alarming and are the issue of an international concern.’ After the meeting with Ukrainian PM Denys Shmyhal earlier today, Garibashvili said that at a Crimea platform forum tomorrow, which was initiated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the current situation in Ukrainian and Georgian occupied territories will be ‘once again evaluated’.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has already arrived in Ukraine, where he was welcomed by his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal, ambassadors of both countries and Ukrainian officials in Lviv. Garibashvili and Shmyhal have tweeted that they are waiting for a ‘productive discussion’ on defence, security, trade, economic and other issues.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili, Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Archil Talakvadze have sent kind regards to Ukraine on its Independence day.