President of Georgia Salome Zurabishvili was welcomed in Rome on Tuesday with a ceremony at the Quirinal Palace of the city marking the beginning of her official visit.
Zourabichvili and her Italian counterpart Sergio Mattarella honoured the state flag of the Italian Republic in the occasion involving a guard of honour.
Il Presidente #Mattarella ???????? ha ricevuto al Quirinale S.E. Salomè #Zourabichvili Presidente della #Georgia ???????? in visita di Stato in Italia
— Quirinale (@Quirinale) June 7, 2022
Dichiarazioni alla stampa: https://t.co/6mqGEofPx9 pic.twitter.com/h7upzk0hEE
The officials later held face-to-face and expanded meetings and made joint statements to the media, the Georgian President’s press office said.
“A great chance to bring our historical ties to a new level,” Zourabichvili tweeted in relation to the meetings, adding the two states were “historical partners” and her visit was an opportunity to reaffirm the “values and principles that bring the countries closer together”.
A great chance to bring our historical ties to a new level. Cultural ties that date back thousands of years.
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) June 7, 2022
Georgia and Italy are historical partners and my State Visit is an opportunity to reaffirm the values and principles that bring us closer together. ???????? ???????? @Quirinale pic.twitter.com/GRUWFIzlmt
Zourabichvili is also scheduled to meet Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Senate Speaker Maria Elisabetta Casellati, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Roberto Fico, and Rome Mayor Roberto Gualtieri.