Georgian President highlights development of ties with Asian partners in address to UN Economic and Social Commission
Zourabichvili also noted the role of the UN Commission as “even more crucial in advancing the goals of sustainable development, addressing new challenges and enhancing interaction and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region" in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine. Photo: President's press office.
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Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili highlighted the development of ties between her country and Asian economies in an address to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on Monday.
In her address to the participants, Zourabichvili said “despite challenges”, Georgia was involved in “intensive cooperation” with the Asia-Pacific region for the development of new energy, transport and communications projects, the president's press office said.
The President said on the back of its European Union membership bid, her country was working to develop ties with Asian economies, in particular through free trade agreements and increased cooperation.
Zourabichvili also noted the role of the UN Commission as “even more crucial in advancing the goals of sustainable development, addressing new challenges and enhancing interaction and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region" in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine.
The 78th session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific is running between May 23-27 at the UN Conference Centre in Bangkok and online, under the theme “A common agenda to advance sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific”.
Georgia’s "accelerated" European Union integration path and the security of the Black Sea region were discussed between President of Georgia Salome Zourabichvili and Josep Borrell, the High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, in a phone call on Tuesday.
A “united stand” is required on both Georgia’s European Union membership bid and around Ukraine, President Salome Zourabichvili told the Georgian Parliament in her annual report on Monday.
Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili has highlighted the European Union’s “historical importance” and the role of the unity of the EU in dealing with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, discussing the matters with European leaders on Sunday.
Russia's ongoing military invasion of Ukraine was a topic of discussion between Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and her French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on Saturday.
During a telephone conversation, the officials expressed their concern over Russia's attack on Ukraine, while President Macron reaffirmed his support for Georgia's sovereignty and territorial integrity, said the presidential administration of Georgia.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili on Monday said it was “important to show the world” that the country’s “European choice” was “unshakable,” and stressed “all political forces” in the country must be “united under this goal”.