Georgian FM discusses activation of political dialogue with Baltic countries parliaments’ committee chairs
The conversation also touched on the current security situation in the region, as well as the situation in the occupied territories of Georgia, with the sides stressing the significance of the Geneva International Discussions and the Georgian government's peace policy. Photo: Foreign ministry
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Georgian foreign minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday discussed “further” activation of political dialogue and maintaining close communication in a joint meeting with Marko Mihkelson, Rihards Kols and Laima Andrikienė, the foreign committee chairs of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian parliaments.
Darchiashvili highlighted the importance of the joint visit of the committee chairs “in the light of today's challenges” and stressed the “irreversibility” of Georgian reforms implemented in the direction of European integration, emphasising the progress achieved in the implementation of the EU recommendations.
Georgia’s progress in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation integration process and the upcoming summit in Vilnius were also discussed, with Darchiashvili highlighting the importance of the Baltic countries' support and Georgia's expectations regarding the summit, the foreign ministry said.
The conversation also touched on the current security situation in the region, as well as the situation in the occupied territories of Georgia, with the sides stressing the significance of the Geneva International Discussions and the Georgian government's peace policy.
The committee chairs confirmed their “strong” support for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Georgia, as well as the foreign policy priorities.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said the bloc condemned the visit of the president of Belarus to Georgia’s Russian-occupied region of Abkhazia this week and added Aleksandr Lukashenko was “not a legitimate president” of his country.
The existing “close and friendly” relations and their development prospects, between Georgia and Estonia, were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu on the sidelines of the informal meeting of European Union foreign ministers in Prague.
Latvia’s newly appointed Ambassador to Georgia, Edīte Medne, on Tuesday said the country would remain Georgia’s “trustworthy partner”, as Latvian President Egils Levits presented her with diplomatic credentials in an official ceremony at the Riga Castle, the Latvian foreign office said.
Georgian foreign minister David Zalkaliani discussed the country’s European and Euro-Atlantic integration agenda, including the results of the Eastern Partnership (EaP) summit held in December last year, at his meeting with Lithuanian counterpart Gabrielius Landsbergis on Wednesday.