Georgian PM joins heads of state at NATO Summit dinner
Leaders of over 40 countries were addressed by the Spanish monarch at the event, the Government Administration said.Photo: Government's Administration.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday joined heads of state invited for the NATO Summit that launched on Tuesday in Madrid in a dinner hosted on behalf of King Felipe VI of Spain.
Photo: Government's Administration.
Leaders of over 40 countries were addressed by the Spanish monarch at the event, the Government Administration said.
Such an honor to attend the reception for @NATO #MadridOTAN22 Summit leaders, hosted by Their Majesties @CasaReal King Felipe VI & Queen Letizia of ????????.Look forward to fruitful, productive discussions & talks w/ #NATO partners & allies. pic.twitter.com/wL5FOGAmuI
— Irakli Garibashvili (@GharibashviliGe) June 28, 2022
Garibashvili is scheduled to hold meetings on the sidelines of the Summit, while his delegation also includes Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, Defence Minister Juansher Burchuladze and the Head of the Government Administration Revaz Javelidze.
Photo: Government's Administration.
The PM on Monday said the delegation was expecting “assessment and recognition” of “all the progress” made by the country over the years at the Summit. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said the alliance would adopt “new packages of support” for Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Moldova at the gathering.
The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said he expected the NATO Summit would send “clear messages” to Georgia, emphasising it was “important to translate words into deeds”.
It is important that this week’s NATO Summit is dedicated to new measures of support for Georgia, Irakli Beraia, the Chairman of the Georgian Parliament’s Committee on Defence and Security, said on Tuesday.
The Georgian Government’s delegation, led by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, on Tuesday departed for Madrid to take part in the NATO Summit that is set to launch today, the Government Administration said.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Monday said the alliance would adopt new packages of support for Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Moldova at its Summit that is set to launch on Tuesday in Madrid.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said that the participation of the country’s delegation in the ongoing NATO Summit was “yet another proof” of its “progress” on the Euro-Atlantic integration path.
North Macedonia’s President Stevo Pendarovski on Wednesday said his country “openly supports the bid of Georgians to enter NATO'', adding he could not see “any reasonable ground, any reasonable argument” why the country would be prevented from obtaining membership.
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