PM Garibashvili discusses trade-economic ties with Austrian Chancellor Schallenberg
Garibashvili has invited Chancellor Schallenberg to Georgia as two countries celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2022. Photo: video grab.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has met the Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg in Glasgow on the sidelines of the 26th UN Climate Change Conference where they discussed the importance of further deepening of trade-economic ties between the two countries.
The successful and effective partnership between Georgia and the Austrian Development Agency (ADA) has also been on the agenda of the meeting, the Georgian government administration reports.
Great opportunity to meet w/ @a_schallenberg in the frames of the @COP26. Grateful for ????????'s continuous support for ???????? in most crucial areas including our ???????? integration path. Looking forward to further enhance our close partnership to tackle current global & regional challenges. pic.twitter.com/Fs8syqcYfJ
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) November 1, 2021
Garibashvili has thanked Chancellor Schallenberg for his support of Georgia's territorial integrity and sovereignty and for his significant contribution to the EU Monitoring Mission (EUMM).
He has reiterated that Georgia remains committed to EU integration, noting that the country continues to implement the Association Agreement (AA) and the Free Trade Agreement.
The need to ensure greater involvement of the Associated Trio and to offer additional mechanisms for EU integration was also emphasised,” the government administration reports.
Garibashvili has invited Chancellor Schallenberg to Georgia as two countries celebrate the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2022.
Diplomatic relations between Georgia and Austria were established on March 25, 1992.
The Embassy of Georgia to Austria first was opened in 1993 while the Embassy of Austria in Tbilisi was launched in 2016.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has begun his official visit to Glasgow to attend the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26), which kicked off on October 31 and is scheduled to end on November 12.
Georgia and Austria are strengthening economic cooperation and deepening ties in the fields of trade and investment, digitization, communications and innovation, transport, energy, tourism, agriculture and the environment, the Ministry of Economy of Georgia has announced.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has paid a historic official visit to Austria. She is the first Georgia president to visit the country in an official capacity for the first time in 100 years. Zurabishvili met with Austrian President Alexander van der Bellen earlier today, after meeting with members of the Georgian diaspora in Vienna.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili is paying an official visit to Austria today. Diplomatic relations between Georgia and Austria were established on March 25, 1992. The Embassy of Georgia to Austria first was opened in 1993 while the Embassy of Austria in Tbilisi was launched in 2016. President Zurabishvili will start her visit in Vienna where she will meet with Georgians working in Austria. The meeting will be attended by the representatives of the arts and medicine.
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