Work underway on project of Georgian cultural centre near Jordan river - PM
The land plot was gifted by Jordan’s royal family to Georgia in January, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ. Photo: Press Office of the Government of Georgia.
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Work on the project of a Georgian cultural centre on a 4,000-square-metre land plot presented by royals of Jordan to Georgia this year is underway, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Tuesday in comments summarising the Government’s work in 2022.
Garibashvili said the design works for the project were underway, and pledged the project would be finalised “in the near future” following the issuing of permits for the Government to facilitate its construction.
The land plot was gifted by Jordan’s royal family to Georgia in January, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ.
Both secular and clerical authorities were involved in the transfer of the plot near the river that flows through the Sea of Galilee and towards the Dead Sea.
The first session of the Government commission for establishing a Georgian cultural centre near the Jordan River was held on Tuesday and chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday extended his gratitude to Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem and Cristophorus, the Archbishop of the Jordanian Orthodox Church, for the handover of a plot of land to Georgia for creation of a culture centre near the Jordan River.
Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili on Sunday presented the Georgian state Order of the Golden Fleece to King Abdullah II of Jordan in a return gesture after the handover by Jordanian authorities of a plot of land near the Jordan River to Georgia for an opening of a Georgian culture centre.
A Georgian cultural centre will be launched on a plot of land gifted by Jordan’s royal family to the country, with the location near the baptism site of Jesus Christ marking a “return to the holy land”, prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Wednesday.
The Government commission for establishing a Georgian culture centre near the Jordan River approved the plan for the venue on Friday, in the latest development for the initiative that originated in last year’s handover of the land plot for the purpose by the royal family of Jordan to Georgia.