PM chairs first session of Gov’t Commission to establish Georgian cultural centre on Jordan River
The meeting was also attended by Georgian Government officials as well as Andria Jagmaidze, the Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Public Relations Service and Davit Makharadze, the Metropolitan of Alaverdi. Photo: Government Administration
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The first session of the Government commission for establishing a Georgian cultural centre near the Jordan River was held on Tuesday and chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
The PM noted work on the concept of the venue should be completed “as soon as possible” to enable the construction to start, adding he would “personally” lead the work of the permanent working group, set up as part of the Commission at the meeting.
The meeting was also attended by Georgian Government officials as well as Andria Jagmaidze, the Head of the Georgian Orthodox Church Patriarchate Public Relations Service and Davit Makharadze, the Metropolitan of Alaverdi.
The 4,000-square-metre location near the river was presented by Jordan’s royal family to Georgia in January for the project of a Georgian culture centre.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday extended his gratitude to Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Cristophorus, the Archbishop of the Jordanian Orthodox Church, for the handover of a plot of land to Georgia for creation of a culture centre near the Jordan River.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday presented the Georgian state Order of the Golden Fleece to King Abdullah II of Jordan in a return gesture after the handover by Jordanian authorities of a plot of land near the Jordan River to Georgia for an opening of a Georgian culture centre.
Georgians are “returning to the Holy Land” after 300 years, Zaza Kandelaki, the Georgian Ambassador to Jordan, said on Saturday on the occasion of a handover of a plot of land near the Jordan River for opening a Georgian culture centre.
The Georgian government will set up a commission for developing the concept for a Georgian cultural centre near the site of the baptism of Jesus Christ in Jordan, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Monday.
Work on the project of a Georgian cultural centre on a 4,000-square-metre land plot presented by royals of Jordan to Georgia this year is underway, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Tuesday in comments summarising the Government’s work in 2022.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, members of his Government and representatives of the country’s Orthodox Church Patriarchate were on Wednesday introduced to the initial architectural plan and presentation of the project for launching a Georgian cultural centre on the Jordan River.
The Government commission for establishing a Georgian culture centre near the Jordan River approved the plan for the venue on Friday, in the latest development for the initiative that originated in last year’s handover of the land plot for the purpose by the royal family of Jordan to Georgia.
Relations between Georgia and Jordan were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Archil Dzuliashvili, the country’s newly appointed Ambassador to Jordan, Iraq and Libya, the Government Administration said.