French Ambassador says Georgia considered “strategic country” in Black Sea region
Colas noted Georgia's place in the agenda of the ongoing NATO Summit as “quite important”, along with pointing out the significance of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili having been invited to the event and holding meetings with President Emmanuel Macron and other heads of state. Photo: French Embassy
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French Ambassador to Georgia Diego Colas on Thursday said Georgia was considered a “strategic country” in the Black Sea region.
Colas noted Georgia's place in the agenda of the ongoing NATO Summit as “quite important”, along with pointing out the significance of the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili having been invited to the event and holding meetings with President Emmanuel Macron and other heads of state.
The French diplomat also reviewed a number of assistance packages developed for Georgia within the framework of the Georgia-NATO cooperation, adding NATO had promised more cooperation, more “points of contact” and exercises to “strengthen” Georgia.
The NATO Summit on Wednesday decided to “step up tailored political and practical support” to partners including Georgia. Heads of member states also reaffirmed the decision taken at the 2008 Bucharest Summit that Georgia and Ukraine would become members of the alliance.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday said his Government stood ready to work closely with the transatlantic community to “safeguard peace, stability and promote shared values”.
The NATO Summit in Madrid was “successful” for Georgia, with another “very important step” forward taken in the country's European and Euro-Atlantic integration, Victor Dolidze, the Head of the Georgian mission to NATO, said on Thursday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday said his Government stood ready to work closely with the transatlantic community to “safeguard peace, stability and promote shared values”.
The decision of the European Council to grant Georgia the European perspective and the security challenges in the Black Sea region were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Emmanuel Macron, the President of France.
New measures to step up “tailored political and practical support” to partners including Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia and Moldova will be ensured by NATO following a declaration on the matter at the ongoing Summit of the alliance on Wednesday.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Thursday welcomed the approval of a set of “tailored support” measures for the country by the NATO Summit, with the support involving “concrete steps” to further enhance the country's defence capabilities and achieve NATO’s more effective engagement in this process.
Bilateral and multilateral political relations involving Georgia and Slovenia, and the process of Georgia's integration into the European Union were discussed between Ilia Darchiashvili, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia and his Slovenian counterpart Tanja Fajon on Thursday at the ongoing NATO Summit.
Bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Georgia and its European partners, the country’s European Union membership aspirations and the security environment in the Black Sea region were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his counterparts from Norway, Montenegro and the Netherlands at the ongoing NATO Summit.
The Georgian Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed its “absolute astonishment” with “slanderous accusations” by Tea Katukia, Georgia’s former Ambassador to France, after the former diplomat alleged “continuous pressure” from the Ministry and claimed to have identified “serious violations and structural malfunctions” at the Embassy before her resignation.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday welcomed the “particularly close and friendly” relations based on “mutual trust, respect and common European values” between Georgia and France in his message congratulating the French people on their National Day.
The main areas of cooperation between the countries and the European perspective granted by the European Council to Georgia in June were discussed on Saturday in the meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and Isabelle Dumont, the diplomatic advisor of the French president.
Matters of cooperation and partnership between Georgia and France were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and French ambassador Diego Colas, as the latter’s term representing his country in Georgia is coming to a close.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday held a farewell meeting with the French ambassador to Georgia Diego Colas, with the latter’s diplomatic term in the country coming to a close.