UK minister for European Neighbourhood Morton pays 1st official visit to Georgia
UK Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton will visit the occupation line in Georgia later today. Photo: Foreign Ministry press office.
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UK Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton has paid her first official visit to Georgia.
Morton has tweeted that ‘our countries are close allies and I’m delighted that our relationship is going from strength to strength.’
დილა მშვიდობისა საქართველო! Wonderful to make my first visit to Tbilisi today, and see the vibrant UK ???????? – Georgia ???????? partnership in action. Our countries are close allies and I’m delighted that our relationship is going from strength to strength.
— Wendy Morton MP (@morton_wendy) February 15, 2021
She has already met with Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani at the Palace of Official Ceremonies (former presidential palace in Avlabari) in central Tbilisi.
Cyber security, regional issues, occupation issues and the coronavirus pandemic have been on top of the agenda, the Georgian Foreign Ministry press office has reported.
Happy 2 welcome @morton_wendy 2 ???????? & discuss ????????????????fruitful COOP. Accentuated crucial importance of ????????????????Wardrop Strategic Dialogue & ???????????????? Strategic Partnership & Cooperation Agreement, as well as joint efforts in terms of facing challenges, especially during #COVID19 pandemic. pic.twitter.com/i50FbViO3D
— David Zalkaliani (@DZalkaliani) February 15, 2021
Morton has reiterated UK support for Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity and the country’s EU and NATO aspirations,” said the Georgian Foreign Ministry.
Morton is scheduled to meet with Georgian PM Giorgi Gakharia, President Salome Zurabishvili, Parliament Speaker Archil Talakvadze and Education Minister Mikheil Chkhenteli.
She will also visit the occupation line in the village of Odzisi, central Georgia.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia has raised the issue of the ‘severe humanitarian crisis’ in Georgia’s Russian-occupied regions of Abkhazia and Tskhinvali and recent illegal conviction of Georgian citizen Zaza Gakheladze by occupation forces at a meeting with UK Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton. Morton has paid her first official visit to Georgia earlier today and is scheduled to visit the occupation line in the village of Odzisi, central Georgia later.
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The Georgian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry have signed an agreement of cooperation today which aims to strengthen business and commercial ties between the Georgian and British businesses.
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UK Minister for European Neighbourhood and the Americas at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Wendy Morton has visited the occupation line in central Georgia, near the country’s Russian-occupied Tskhinvali region.