Time in Tbilisi: March 29, 2024 16:58
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Saturday welcomed his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov in Tbilisi, noting his "pride" on the Georgian capital hosting talks between the countries of the region.
Very proud to see Tbilisi being a venue for a meeting between ???????? FM @bayramov_jeyhun and ???????? FM @AraratMirzoyan. Feel confident that our joint efforts to build peace and stability in the region will yield results. pic.twitter.com/vkQWnd1WFK
— Ilia Darchiashvili (@iliadarch) July 16, 2022
The meeting marks the inaugural meeting between Bayramov and Mirzoyan, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said, and comes amid the Georgian Government's Peaceful Neighbourhood Initiative for the South Caucasus.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili also held meetings with the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers earlier today.
Georgian-Armenian friendly ties and positive dynamics in “all areas of bilateral cooperation” were discussed on Saturday in a meeting between the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Georgia Ilia Darchiashvili and the President of Armenia Vahagn Khachaturian.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan discussed trade economic-ties during their meeting in Yerevan on Saturday.
The strategic partnership between Georgia and Azerbaijan was discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Georgia-Azerbaijan strategic partnership and close cooperation between the two countries were discussed on Monday in a phone call between Georgia’s newly appointed Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov.
The European Union supports the “bilateral decision” of Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers, Ararat Mirzoyan and Jeyhun Bayramov, to hold their inaugural meeting in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi, Toivo Klaar, the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus, said on Saturday.
Georgia is playing an important role in ensuring peace and security in the South Caucasus region, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Saturday in comments on the inaugural meeting of his Azerbaijani and Armenian counterparts Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan in Tbilisi on Saturday.
United States Secretary of State Anthony Blinken on Sunday called the inaugural meeting of Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers, Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan, in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi as a “positive step” for regional dialogue.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, on Tuesday welcomed the meeting between the ministers of foreign affairs of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi on Saturday.
The United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday hailed the recent meeting between the Armenian and Azerbaijani foreign ministers in Tbilisi in a phone call with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Arayik Harutyunyan, the Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Armenia, met on Monday in Tbilisi to discuss bilateral cooperation between the countries, the Georgian Government Administration said.
Principal questions of the cooperation agenda between Georgia and Armenia were discussed in a meeting of Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan on Friday in Tbilisi.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said, on Wednesday, at a joint press conference with Germany’s chancellor Olaf Scholz, that he hoped Armenia and Azerbaijan would soon return to the “path of dialogue”, noting Georgian government was observing the ongoing events in the neighbourhood with “great concern”. Garibashvili emphasised Armenia and Azerbaijan have been friendly countries for Georgia and what was “happening” between them was “unacceptable”.
Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Thursday said the government was “actively working” with neighbouring countries and partners both in Central Asia and in the European Union to further strengthen its role as a “strong contributor” to peace and energy security in the South Caucasus region.
Nikoloz Khatiashvili, the foreign policy researcher of the analytical centre Geocase, on Friday, said Georgia had an opportunity to play an "important role" in promoting stability, security and peace in the South Caucasus region, as well as to strengthen its position as a “regional player”.
Various issues of the agenda of Georgia-Armenia cooperation were discussed by Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan in a phone call on Sunday.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday congratulated Georgian nationals of Armenian ethnic background, as well as citizens of Armenia, on the Orthodox Christmas and Epiphany celebrations.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said Georgia was “truly” a “neutral and impartial mediator” between Azerbaijan and Armenia, at a panel discussion Eurasia's Middle Corridor: From Pathway to Highway within the framework of the World Economic Forum in Davos.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on Thursday said he “greatly” appreciated the efforts of “his friend”, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili for holding a meeting between the foreign ministers of Azerbaijan and Armenia in Tbilisi in July.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday pledged to proceed with his efforts to mediate for peace in the South Caucasus region in a meeting with Toivo Klaar, the European Union Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the crisis in Georgia.
Toivo Klaar, the European Union’s Special Representative for the South Caucasus and the Crisis in Georgia, on Wednesday highlighted the role of Georgia as a “bridge” in regional relations between Armenia and Azerbaijan as “very important”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday said all three countries of the South Caucasus region - Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia - had to solve their regional and development issues “by themselves”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday hailed his country’s “very close” ties with neighbouring Azerbaijan and Armenia and the ongoing efforts to sign a peace deal for ending their lasting dispute over the Nagorno-Karabakh region.