Georgian PM attending UN General Assembly session in New York
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili (right), who is attending the 76th session of the UNGA in New York, will address the world leaders on September 24. Photo: Georgian PM's press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili is attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.
PM Garibashvili will address the UNGA on September 24.
On the sidelines of the 76th UNGA session PM Garibashvili is holding meetings with foreign counterparts.
Meeting with Kuwait's PM Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah
At the meeting the two leaders hailed the 30-year anniversary of the diplomatic ties between Georgia and Kuwait and the positive dynamics of their bilateral cooperation.
The importance of opening an embassy of Kuwait was also emphasized for further deepening partnership in various directions.
Georgian PM (right) holding hands with his Kuwaiti counterpart in New York earlier today. Photo: Georgian PM's press office
Special attention was paid to developing trade and economic potential between the two countries and supporting tourism.
Great to meet w/ PM Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah & have meaningful discussions on how to proceed w/ deepening our partnership at all institutional levels. We stand ready to expand our ties in all areas including trade & economy pic.twitter.com/I63wh6zuzL
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) September 21, 2021
Opening the general debates earlier today, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on the world leaders to ‘restore trust, ‘inspire hope’ and ‘start right now’.
"This is our time.
— United Nations (@UN) September 21, 2021
A moment for transformation.
An era to re-ignite multilateralism.
An age of possibilities.
Let us restore trust. Let us inspire hope.
And let us start right now."
-- @antonioguterres to world leaders at #UNGA.https://t.co/orWXSoH1bu pic.twitter.com/N6WrhvBWKf
UNGA, which is the main policy-making body of the organisation, hosts world leaders at its headquarters in New York annually.
The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution initiated by Georgia and co-sponsored by 57 other countries which condemns the demographic changes in Georgian regions due to the Russian occupation of Georgian territories and calls for the dignified and safe return of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees to their homes.
Georgia President Salome Zurabishvili made an online address to the UN General Assembly meeting yesterday, dedicated to the UN’s 75th anniversary, where she said that ‘Georgia is not ready to simply stand by the damages caused by occupation to human lives and to human rights’. She stated that the “UN we need is one that will inspire our citizens, create trust and bring effective leadership”.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has delivered a speech at the session dedicated to universal healthcare coverage, held at the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, saying that 90 per cent of Georgians have access to universal healthcare services while the opportunity is not fully available for Georgian citizens living in the Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz have discussed Georgia’s role in recent evacuations from Afghanistan and bilateral relations ahead of a meeting dedicated to Afghanistan issues on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 76th session in New York late yesterday. Garibashvili said that Tbilisi International Airport has become a transit hub for evacuating coalition forces from Afghanistan, receiving more than 250 flights since the Taliban took Kabul.
Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda has condemned the Russian occupation of Georgian territories and the country’s illegal actions in his speech at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in New York yesterday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan have met in New York, on the sidelines of the 76th session of the UN General Assembly, where Garibashvili stated that ‘Georgia's top objective is to support peace and stability in the region.’
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili held a meeting with Latvian President Egils Levits on the sidelines of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. At the meeting the two leaders pledged to deepen political ties between their countries. Importance of Latvia’s support to Georgia at the upcoming Eastern Partnership and NATO summits has been underscored.
Harvard’s Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies is launching a new program for Georgian studies on the initiative of Georgian PM Irakli Garibashvili which is ‘historic’ both for Georgia and the US, Georgian Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli stated yesterday, during a ceremony dedicated to the event in the US. Chkhenkeli said that the programme is ‘unique’ in the history of the US.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on the sidelines of the UNGA session in the US, telling him that the humanitarian situation in Georgia’s Russian occupied Tskhinvali and Abkhazia region is severe.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili condemns any form of violence and intimidation ahead of the October 2 municipal elections. Garibashvili, who is attending the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, wrote on Facebook that violence and intimidation ‘is unacceptable from any person, group and party’.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has gifted a unique and hand-painted edition of the Georgian medieval 12th Century epic poem The Knight in the Panther’s Skin by Shota Rustaveli to the United Nations (UN). The hand-painted edition of the poem is located on the second floor of the UN headquarters in New York City, close to where the meetings of the UN Security Council are held.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his counterpart Kyriakos Mitsotakis have discussed the future prospects of Georgian-Greek cooperation and the deepening of the bilateral trade-economic ties on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 76th session in New York yesterday. Garibashvili thanked PM Mitsotakis for his support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty, as well as for his support of the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration and for co-authoring and supporting UN resolutions on Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has addressed the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) 76th session in New York today and has stated that ‘we (Georgians) will not rest until we achieve EU and NATO membership.’ Our path to European and Euro-Atlantic structures is a homecoming, a civilizational choice. An absolute majority of our population strongly supports this destiny for our country,” Garibashvili stated.