Georgia’s UN representative: country’s territorial integrity, regional security to be “main agenda” of PM’s meetings

Georgia's territorial integrity and regional security will be the “main agenda” of meetings involving prime minister Irakli Garibashvili at the United Nations, David Bakradze, Georgia’s permanent representative to the UN, said on Monday.

Garibashvili will attend the opening of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday and address participants of the general debate of the session, while also holding a number of “high-level bilateral meetings”, the government administration said.

The ambassador noted the importance of the meetings during the period when the international community is facing “a lot of challenges” in security, sustainable economic development, energy security and other directions. 

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“Of course, these issues, based on our [Georgia’s] challenges - such as territorial integrity [and] regional security issues - will be on the main agenda of the meetings and conversations of the prime minister", Bakradze said.

The Georgian delegation also features foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili, education minister Mikheil Chkhenkeli and the head of the government administration Revaz Javelidze.