PM Garibashvili congratulates Armenians on Christmas
Garibashvili noted that the ‘centuries-old history based of brotherhood and mutual respect’ between Georgia and Armenia is determined by ‘good-neighbourly and friendly relations.’ Photo: Georgian government administration.
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Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has congratulated the Armenian people on Christmas and Epiphany.
I congratulate our Armenian compatriots and brotherly Armenian people on the glorious holiday of Christmas and Epiphany,” Garibashvili stated.
He also noted that the ‘centuries-old history based of brotherhood and mutual respect’ between Georgia and Armenia is determined by ‘good-neighbourly and friendly relations.’
I wish everyone peace, health, joy and success,” said Garibashvili.
The Georgian Orthodox Church, together with other members of the Orthodox world, celebrates Christmas on January 7, due to the two-week difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars.
Georgia supports long-lasting peace in the region, Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said earlier today while speaking about Georgia’s close relations with countries in the region and recent high-level visits.
The Prime Minister of Armenia Nikol Pashinyan took part in the eleventh sitting of the Intergovernmental Commission on Economic Cooperation between Armenia and Georgia earlier today in Tbilisi.
The eleventh sitting of the Intergovernmental Commission on the Economic Cooperation between Georgia and Armenia was held in Tbilisi today, which was attended by the Prime Ministers of both countries.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, who is on a working visit in Yerevan, has discussed bilateral and regional cooperation with his Armenian counterpart Nikol Pashinyan. PM Pashinyan once again offered condolences on the tragic collapse of a residential building in the Georgian Black Sea town of Batumi on October 7 causing the death of nine, as well as expressed his solidarity with the Georgian government and the Georgian people.
The Georgian Orthodox church is celebrating Christmas today along with other members of the Orthodox world, due to the two-week difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars, to the latter of which Georgia adheres.
Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili has congratulated the Armenian Apostolic Church on Christmas and Epiphany from the Saint George’s Church (Surb Gevorg) in Tbilisi.
The Patriarch of Georgia Ilia II delivered his annual Christmas epistle ahead of Christmas mass last night at the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Tbilisi, in which he said that people are overwhelmed by constant negative information, lockdowns and death due to the pandemic.
Georgian-Armenian relations were discussed in a meeting of Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili and Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan on Tuesday in Tbilisi.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday left for a visit to neighbouring Armenia where he is scheduled to co-chair a session of the joint Intergovernmental Economic Commission and hold bilateral meetings with officials in the country.