Georgian president to sign strategic declaration with Romania
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili is on her first official visit to Romania. Photo: president’s press office
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Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili, who is on her first official visit to Romania, is set to sign a declaration on the establishment of strategic relations with the country, Nikoloz Nikolozishvili, the Georgian ambassador to Romania, said on Tuesday.
The diplomat said the visit, which includes meetings with all top Romanian officials, had both “symbolic and practical” purposes due to the forthcoming declaration.
Flying to Romania ???????? for my first official visit there. A long agenda to strengthen our friendship, from our European integration path and Romania’s continued support to the need for Black Sea stability and connectivity.@KlausIohannis
— Salome Zourabichvili (@Zourabichvili_S) October 10, 2022
Romania is an unwavering supporter of Georgia's sovereignty, territorial integrity, and its European and Euro-Atlantic aspirations. In 2019, we celebrated the 300th anniversary of Georgian-Romanian relations, while this year marks the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties”, said the ambassador.
The welcoming ceremony for the Georgian president was held at the Bucharest Henri Coanda International Airport early on Tuesday, with Iulian Fota, the state secretary of the ministry of foreign affairs of Romania, Nikolozishvili and Romania’s ambassador to Georgia Răzvan Rotundu greeting Zourabichvili.
Nikolozishvili also said that while in Bucharest, Zourabichvili would meet with her Romanian counterpart, as well as the country’s prime minister and parliament speaker before visiting the port city of Constanța.
Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova deserve “European family membership” to an equal degree, Bogdan Aurescu, Romania's Foreign Minister, said before a meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday.
Bogdan Aurescu, Romania's Foreign Minister, said he will ask his counterparts for more support for partner states, “especially the Republic of Moldova and Georgia”, as the official arrived at a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Brussels on Friday.
Romania fully supports integration of Ukraine, as well as of the Republic of Moldova and Georgia, with the European Union, the country’s President Klaus Iohannis tweeted on Tuesday.
Romania supports Georgia's aspiration to become a member of the European Union, Răzvan Rotundu, the Romanian Ambassador to Georgia, said at a meeting with the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee on Monday.
Georgian president Salome Zourabichvili on Tuesday said Georgia and Romania had “extensive experience” of Russian imperial and Soviet policy and both countries knew “what aggression and occupation” meant.
Georgian president Salome Zourabishvili on Tuesday laid a wreath at the Unknown Soldier memorial in Romania’s capital Bucharest.
At the meeting between Salome Zourabichvili, the Georgian president and the Romanian prime minister Nicolae Ciucă, it was highlighted that Romania remained an “active supporter” of Georgia both in the European Union integration process and in various international forums, Teimuraz Janjalia, the Georgian deputy foreign minister said on Tuesday after the meeting.
The current agenda of bilateral relations between Georgia and Romania was discussed on Saturday by the countries’ foreign ministers Ilia Darchiashvili and Bogdan Aurescu.
Irakli Chikovani, the newly appointed Minister of Defence of Georgia, on Wednesday met Răzvan Rotundu, the Romanian Ambassador to the country, to discuss the importance of strategic partnership between the two states and “successful bilateral” cooperation in defence.