Georgian PM arrives in Kazakhstan to hold high-level meetings
Kazakh officials welcomed Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport on Tuesday. Photo: Government of Georgia press office
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili arrived in Kazakhstan on Tuesday to hold high-level meetings with the country’s top officials in a bid to further intensify bilateral ties, the Georgian Government Administration said.
Bakhyt Sultanov, the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Integration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Giorgi Chkheidze, the temporary representative of Georgia to Kazakhstan, have welcomed the Georgian PM at Nursultan Nazarbayev International Airport shortly before.
Garibashvili, who chairs the Georgian delegation, was scheduled to hold several high-level meetings in the country.
Georgia and Kazakhstan established diplomatic relations back in July 1992.
The countries cooperate in the fields of energy, transport and agriculture.
Kazakhstan has been one of the key investors in Georgia for years, making investments mostly in the energy and tourism fields.
Export and transit cargos from Kazakhstan will be redirected to the Trans-Caspian International Transport Route (TMTM) crossing Azerbaijan, Georgia and Turkey, Kairbek Uskenbayev, the Minister of Industry and Infrastructure Development of Kazakhstan, announced on Tuesday.
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Topical issues of the bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Georgia and Kazakhstan were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Kazakh counterpart Mukhtar Tleuberdi.
Current relations between Georgia and Kazakhstan and the prospects of future cooperation were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and his Kazakh counterpart Alikhan Smailov.
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The visit of the Georgian Prime Minister to Kazakhstan will “certainly be a new impetus” in bilateral relations and strengthen cooperation and partnership between the states, the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Wednesday.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday discussed “key” areas of cooperation between his country and Kazakhstan in a meeting with Nikoloz Laliashvili, Georgia’s newly appointed ambassador to Kazakhstan, the government press office said.
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