Swiss president: Georgia can play "good role" in ensuring peace in region
President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis on Monday said Georgia could play "a good role" in ensuring peace in the Black Sea region, the Georgian Public Broadcaster reported. Photo: 1tv
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President of Switzerland Ignazio Cassis on Monday said Georgia could play "a good role" in ensuring peace in the Black Sea region, the Georgian Public Broadcaster reported.
Cassis made the remark to the channel while sharing concerns about the "unstable situation" in the region due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
Naturally, our focus is now on the ongoing war in Ukraine, but at the same time on the entire region, where there is an unstable situation [...] It is in everyone's interest to stop the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, to stabilise the situation in the entire region [...] Your country can make a significant contribution to this process and play a good role in ensuring peace in the region", Cassis told the GPB.
The channel also cited Cassis as saying the international community's earlier reliance on the work of the peacekeeping missions of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe was now "somehow blocked" by the developments.
"We want international missions to be actively represented in conflict zones in the region to maintain peace, and we are doing our best to do so", the official said.
It is important to maintain a peaceful environment in Georgia, be calm and firm, and continue the development of the country. Against the background of a “very difficult” situation in European countries, Georgia has a record double-digit economic growth throughout Europe and Central Asia, Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian prime minister said on Sunday.
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”.
Georgian defence minister Juansher Burchuladze on Friday called the claims of the opposition, as though Georgia has been in international isolation, “absurd” and highlighted the “high-level” visits of the Georgian side with its partner countries, in an interview with Imedi TV channel.
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.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday discussed prospects for future cooperation with Irène Kälin, the president of the national council of Switzerland, the government administration said.
Relations between Georgia and Switzerland and cooperation across a “broad spectrum of mutual priorities” were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Irène Kälin, the president of the national council of Switzerland.
Georgian Economy Minister Levan Davitashvili and Helene Budliger Artieda, the State Secretary for Economic Affairs of Switzerland on Thursday discussed economic ties and the increase by 30 percent in trade turnover between the two countries in 2022.